107 



West Plains (Lute, 1932, see 8, p. 13) and Lower Hank (1932). 



38c. CLADONIA STREPSIl IS I. SUBSESSILIS Vainio (4, |). 4X0; 

 18, pi. 3,f. 4, in part). Hi klington: near Chatsworth (E. C. 

 & G. M. Leonard, 1928) and Hast Plains (Lute, 1932, see 8, 

 p. 13). 



38d.* Cladonia strepsilis f. compacta Anders (5, p. 163). 

 Ocean: Hornerstown (Torrey, 1933, det. Sandstede). 



Group 4. Ochroleucae 



39. Cladonia piedmontensis Merrill (4, p. 490; 11, pi. 187 ; 

 12, pi. 212, f. 11). On rich soil in fields and open woods. This 

 species is listed from Closter by Austin (2, p. 164), under the 

 name C. lepidota, and from Bergen and Salem Counties by 

 Eckfeldt (3, p. 372), under the same name. Austin's specimens 

 of "C. lepidota'' are labeled simply "New Jersey." These speci- 

 mens were examined by Robbins (10, p. 103) and referred, at 

 least by implication, to the two forms listed below. There are 

 no New Jersey specimens labeled C. lepidota in the Eckfeldt 

 collection. The true C. lepidota Nyl., as defined by recent writ- 

 ers, is a northern species related to C. degenerans. 



39a. Cladonia piedmontensis f. lepidifera (Vainio) Rob- 

 bins (4, p. 491; 11, pi. 187, f. 14-18; 12, pi. 212, f. 11, in part). 

 Bergen: Closter (Austin, 1860, F., N. Y., det. Robbins). Al- 

 though these specimens are not actually labeled "Closter," they 

 probably represent the material cited by Austin and by Eckfeldt 

 (under Bergen County), as well as by Tuckerman (20, p. 148; 

 21, p. 250) and by Vainio (22 2 , p. 420). Ocean: Laurelton (Tor- 

 rey, 1934). 



39b. Cladonia piedmontensis f. intermedia Robbins, 

 Rhodora 31: 104. pi. 187, f. 8-10. 1929. Bergen: Closter (Aus- 

 tin, 1860, F., det. Robbins, mixed with the material cited under 

 the preceding form). In f. intermedia both large and small 

 apothecia are produced, and the podetia are smooth or nearly so. 



39.* Cladonia piedmontensis f. squamulosa Robbins (4, 

 p. 491; 11, pi. 187, f. 14-18). Ocean: Laurelton (Torrey, 1934). 



Excluded species 



The ten species enumerated below, which are recorded from 

 New Jersey by Eckfeldt and (in most cases) by Austin, are not 

 included in the preceding list. In some cases they appear under 



