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1928; Killip, 1930) Double Trouble (1932), Lahaway (Torrey, 

 1933), and Seaside Park (1932). 



Professor Plitt's specimens were distributed by Merrill in his 

 Lichenes Exsiccati, No. 72, as a new species, under the name 

 "Cladonia tenuissimum [sic] Merrill," and the station was incor- 

 rectly given as "near Anisquam." These specimens, in the writ- 

 er's opinion, represent a slender development of f. tenuiramea. 

 Merrill's name must be regarded as a nomen nudum, since it has 

 not been adequately published. Sandstede, however (13, p. 44), 

 refers to it in connection with C. dimorphoclada Robbins, now 

 known as C. caroliniana f. dimorphoclada (Robbins) Evans (5, 

 p. 137). The specific name is first given incorrectly as "minutis- 

 sima Merrill," but the error is corrected on a supplementary page. 



16. Cladonia Boryi Tuck. (4, p. 417; 18, pi. 2, f. 3). On 

 earth in fields and open woods. Torrey reports the species from 

 the New Jersey Pine Barrens (18, p. 124), but only two speci- 

 mens from the state have been seen by the writer. These may 

 be referred to the following form: — 



16a. Cladonia Boryi f. reticulata (Russell) Merill (5, p. 

 141). Burlington: New Gretna {Musch, 1928, det. Robbins as 

 C. Boryi). Ocean: near Bamber Lake (Dillman, 1934). 



Subsection 2. Chasmariae 



Group 1. MlCROPHYLLAE 



17. Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. (4, p. 420). On 

 earth in fields and open woods and on thin soil over rocks. Ac- 

 cording to Austin's list (2, p. 164) C. furcata and the varieties 

 crispata, racemosa, and subulata are all found at Closter, but no 

 specimens referred to either var. crispata or var. subulata are 

 preserved in his collections. In Eckfeldt's list (3, p. 373) the 

 species is reported from both Bergen and Camden Counties, 

 and the same three varieties are listed. Torrey reports the spe- 

 cies from Andover (17, p. 50) and Thompson (14, p. 22) from 

 the Wawayanda cedar swamp. The few New Jersey specimens 

 of C. furcata and its forms, which have been studied by the 

 writer, may now be listed. Bergen: Closter (Austin, no date, 

 N. Y.). Warren: Kittatiny Mountain (Torrey, 1933). These 

 two specimens consist of young plants and are indefinite as to 

 form. 



