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and only 1-7 mm. in height. Except for their small size they 

 bear a resemblance to the podetia of f. levicorticata m. pseudo- 

 crispata. 



21. Cladonia delicata (Ehrh.) Floerke (4, p. 438; 18, pi. 

 3,f. 1). On rotten stumps and logs. The New Jersey specimens 

 examined are referable to the following form: — 



21a. Cladonia delicata f. quercina (Pers.) Vainio (4, p. 

 439). Bergen: Closter {Austin, no date, N. Y., listed in 2, p. 

 164, as C. squamosa var. delicata). Ocean: Bamber Lake (Dill- 

 man, 1934), Dover Forge (Dillman, 1934) , and near Forked River 

 (Dillman, 1934). Passaic: Franklin Clove (Torrey, 1933, see 18, 

 p. 126) and Green Pond Mountain (Dillman, 1934). Sussex: 

 Wawayanda cedar swamp (Torrey, 1933, see 18, p. 126, and also 

 14, p. 22). 



22. Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Floerke (4, p. 439; 12, 

 pi. 211, f. 6; 18, pi. 3,f. 5). On earth and thin soil over rocks. 

 Bergen: Closter (Austin, no date, F., N. Y., listed in 2, p. 164, 

 as C. squamosa var. caespiticia). Monmouth: Highlands and 

 Navesink (Evans, 1934). Sussex: Wawayanda Mountain and 

 cedar swamp (Torrey, 1933, see 18, p. 126). Warren: Kittatiny 

 Mountain (Torrey, 1933). 



22a.* Cladonia caespiticia f. corticata Sandst. Abhandl. 

 Naturw. Ver. Bremen 25: 182. 1922 (as modification) ; in Raben- 

 horst, Kryptogamen- Flora 9, Abt. 4 2 : 292. 1931 (as form). 

 Ocean: Lakehurst (Torrey, 1934, det. Sandstede). New to 

 North America. In the usual forms of C. caespiticia the very 

 short podetia are destitute of a cortex and appear translucent; 

 in f. corticata a distinct cortex is present, the surface appears 

 opaque, and podetial squamules may be developed. 



Group 2. Megaphyllae 



23.* Cladonia apodocarpa Robbins (4, p. 440; 12, pi. 211, 

 f. 7). Bergen: Closter (Austin, no date, N. Y., listed in 2, p. 

 164, as C. turgida). Sussex: Wawayanda Mountain (Torrey, 

 1933). Warren: near Millbrook (Torrey, 1934). The related C. 

 turgida (Ehrh.) Hoffm. is listed by Austin from Closter and by 

 Eckfeldt (3, p. 372) from Blue Mountains, Warren County, as 

 well as from Bergen County. Two of Austin's specimens from 

 Closter are in his collection at the New York Botanical Garden. 



