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small and the strongly convex apothecia almost sessile. He notes 

 also that the species is negative with potassium hydroxide and 

 positive with paraphenylenediamine. In these respects it agrees 

 with C. caespiticia and C. apodocarpa, and Sandstede considers 

 it a relative of the latter. Although he gives no stations for C. 

 nanodes the name was first applied by Robbins to specimens from 

 Wareham, Massachusetts, and this may be regarded as the type- 

 locality. In the material from New Jersey the primary squamules 

 are smaller than those of C. apodocarpa and fail to show the 

 caducous habit characteristic of that species. They differ from 

 the primary squamules of C. caespiticia in being undivided or only 

 sparingly lobed. 



Group 2. Megaphyllae 



23. Cladonia apodocarpa Robbins (25, p. 98) . Bergen : • 

 Alpine, Bear Swamp Pond, Darlington, Franklin Lake, and 

 Mahwah (1938). Essex: North Caldwell. Hunterdon: Rileyville 

 and Ringoes. Morris : Great Swamp near Mt. Vernon, Mt. Free- 

 dom, Oak Ridge, Stirling, and Waughaw Mountain. Ocean : 

 Pasadena. Passaic: Franklin Notch (1938), Gofifle Ridge near 

 Haledon, Haskell, Hewitt, Monks, Mountain Glen Lakes near 

 Upper Macopin, and Stonetown. Salem : Centerton. Somerset : 

 Lyons. Sussex : Andover, Colesville, Hamburg Mountain, Kitta- 

 tinny Mountain, Ogdensburg, Rock View near Montague, and near 

 Sparta Lake (1938). Union : Seely's Glen. Warren : White Lake 

 near Marksboro (1938) and Lookout Rock near Request (1938). 



Subsection 3. Clausae 

 Group 1. Podostelides 



24. Cladonia mitrula Tuck. (25, p. 99). Listed from New 

 Jersey by Sandstede (35, p. 88). Bergen: Upper Saddle River. 

 Hunterdon: Bissell. Passaic: Franklin Clove (1938). These 

 specimens consist of little more than the primary squamules. 



24a. Cladonia mitrula f. imbricatula (Nyl.) Vainio (25, 

 p. 99). Bergen: Bear Swamp Pond, Darlington, Franklin Lake 

 and Mills, Hohokus (1938), Mahwah (1938), Maywood (1938), 

 Ridgewood (1938), Saddle River {Mrs. Dunham, 1939), Upper 

 Saddle River (1938), Waldwick, Washington {Mrs. Dunham, 



