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Range, Gaspe;/. prolifera, with taller cups, with rather long prolifera- 

 tions found by writer in Gaspe; /. exaltata, longer, with two or three 

 ranks of cups, received from Dillman, Old Speck Mountain, western 

 Maine. (PI. 2, f. 4, 6, 7.) 



27. C. delicata (Ehrh) Floerke. F. quercina received from Vreeland, South 



Pond, Adirondacks; received from Parlin, Canton, Me., by Dr. Evans. 

 Northern records are scarce and this species should be sought for by 

 students with opportunities to do so, to locate possible northward ex- 

 tensions. 



28. C. caespiticia (Pers.) Floerke, received from Thomson, Harrison, Me., 



Vreeland, South Pond, Adirondacks; found by writer in Matane, Gaspe; 

 reported at South Thomaston, Me., by Merrill and received by Dr. 

 Evans, from Parlin, Hartford, Me. Probably not rare in north but over- 

 looked because of inconspicuous subsessile apothecia. 



29. C. turgida (Ehrh.) Hoffm. F. corniculata (PI. 3, f. 8) with large primary 



squamules and robust podetia, with cupped or subulate branches, com- 

 mon in Adirondacks from frequency in collections received from Vree- 

 land, Dillman, Schaefer and Shorey. F. scyphifera reported by Dodge 

 in Gaspe. 



30. C. cariosa (Ach.) Spreng. F. cribrosa found by writer along tote road, near 



Federal Mine, Matane Township, Gaspe. F. cribrosa and /. corticata 

 found by Allen on Cap Chat River, Gaspe; Species reported by Dodge 

 at Cap Rosier, Fox River, at eastern tip of Gaspe peninsula. (PI. 3, f. 5.) 



31. C. sub cariosa Nyl. Received from Vreeland, open fields around South 



Pond, Adirondacks; not from collections of higher forests or mountain- 

 tops; not in Dodge's or Allen's Gaspe lists; found by Merrill at Thomas- 

 ton, Me., on coast; may extend in lower elevations into northern New 

 England. 



32. C. decorticata Floerke. (PI. 2, f. 5), found by the writer near Federal 



Mine, Matane, Gaspe. 



33. C. verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer. F. evoluta (Th. Fr.) Stein., found by writer 



near Jackman, Me., and in Matane, Gaspe; received from Vreeland, 

 South Pond, Adirondacks; probably scattered in relatively lower eleva- 

 tions northward. 



34. C. degenerans Floerke. (PI. 1, f. 6). "Received from Dillman, Mclntyre 



Mountain, Adirondacks; Dr. Evans has specimens from Maine, New 

 Hampshire and Vermont. 



35. C. gracilis (L.) Willd. Common northward, various forms received from all 



the collectors named. Found by writer near Tupper Lake, Long Lake 

 and Speculator, in Adirondacks; near Jackman, Me., and in Matane, 

 Gaspe; reported by Allen and Dodge in valleys in Gaspe; common vari- 

 ety dilatata (Hoffm.) Vainio, with stout, smooth podetia, and its forms 

 anthocephela (Floerke) Vainio, with squamulose podetia, and dilacerata, 

 (Floerke) Vainio, with irregular squamulose cups may be looked for in 

 colonies of the species. F. chordalis, with slender erect cylindrical podetia 

 terminating in long points, or with small cups bearing acuminate pro- 



