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6. V. glabkata, Ach. 



Var. a. thallo albo aut cerino, nunc diffracto nunc contiguo, effuso v. punctiunculis nigris limitato ; 



peritheciis magnis, interdum thalli epidermide plus minus velatis, demum denudatis, hemisphsericis, 



arcus basi nigra. Matrix valde mutatur. Crusta maculis pallidis non aspergitur. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 7- Spores magnified, 

 Var. /3. cinereo-alba ; thallo membranaceo, cinereo-albo, contiguo, lineis nigris flexuosis limitato (?) ; 



peritheciis parvis, prima aetate crusta obtectis, hemisphEericis, arcus basi nigra ; sporis biserialibus. 



Matrix valde mutatur. 

 Var. 7. deprimens; thallo cinereo, eifuso ; peritheciis integris v. dimidiatis. Sporfe interdum uni- bisep- 



tatce, loculo superiore multoties majore. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 8. Spores magnified. 

 Var. 8. homalisma ; thallo fusco-luteo, effuso, lasvigato ; apotheciis maximis, applanatissimis, integris, 



late patentibus. Matrix nonnihii mutatur. Crusta maculis pallidis non aspergitur. 

 Pl,. XI. fig. 9. Spores magnified. 



C. Sporce multicelhilosce vel muricatm. 



7. V. MONiLiFOEMis ; tliallo olivaceo, effuso, ingequabili; peritheciis integris, innatis v. 



superficialibus, basi patents, nucleo subgloboso fulvo ; aseis cylindricis ; sporis 

 7-septatis, brunneis, ellipticis, nucleolis ssepe moniliformibus. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 10. Spores magnified. 



8. V. DELiQUESCENS ; tliallo fulvo, effuso, glabro ; peritheciis thalli epidermide plus 



minus velatis, integris, crassis, basi patente ; sporis subcurvis, 10-nucleolatis v. uni- 

 septatis, brunneis ; nucleolis elliptico-lenticularibus, ssepe deliquescentibus. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 11. Spores magnified. 



9. V. PYRENASTROIDES ; tliallo luteo aut griseo, effuso ; peritheciis integris, confiuen- 



tibus, thalli epidermide plus minus velatis, demum denudatis, ostiolis distinctis 

 areola pallida cinctis ; sporis oblongo-elhpticis, magnis, brunneis, multicellulosis, 

 8-10-annulatis, annulis quadrate cellulosis. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 12. Spores magnified. 



10. V. CELLULOSA ; thallo olivaceo, effuso ; peritheciis minutissimis, integris, cellulosis, 



superficialibus, n ucleo fuligineo ; ascis subrotundis, sporas magnas oblongo-ellipticas 

 biseriales brimneas muricatas foventibus. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 13. Spores magnified. 



11. V. Haultaini; thallo olivaceo vel ochraceo, ineequabili, effuso; peritheciis minutis- 



simis, madefactis immersis, dimidiatis, nucleo globoso ; ascis clavatis, sporas sub- 

 clavatas muricatas magnas foventibus. Matrix non mutatur. 

 Pl. XI. fig. 14. Spores magnified. 



