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Leptogium cyanizum Nyl. in Cromb. Challng. Exped. p. 227. 

 L. cyanescens Nyl. Syn. p. 131. 

 On tree trunk, Buitenzorg; No. 33. 



Spores globular and ellipsoid with a thickened epispore, measur- 

 ing 14-17 X ii-i2ju, or II-I2/X for the globular ones. Asci 

 ventricose, the apical wall thickened, eight-sporous. Algae 

 Nostoc. 



Previously reported from Nukahiva of the Polynesian Islands, 

 and from New Caledonia. 



Baeomyces crenulatus (Mont.) Hepp in Zoll. Verg. pp. 5 and 7. 

 On earth. West Java; alt. 1500 m. No. 29. 



Thallus sordid-whitish, granulate. Stipes very short (1-2 

 mm.). Apothecia 3-5 mm. in diameter, plane or slightly convex, 

 the margin more or less crenulate, at length excluded. Spores 

 simple, blunt-fusiform, 10 X 3 m, diagonally and serially arranged 

 in clavate asci. 



The species seems very near B. byssoides. 



Never collected elsewhere so far as ascertained. 



Stereocaulon turgescens Nyl. Syn. p. 240. 



On earth, Aloen-Aloen, Kandang-Badak, and Tjipanas; alt. 

 2000-2900 m. Nos. 5, 2, 9 and 13. 



Podetia simple or branched, when branched having much the 

 aspect of S. denudatum. Apothecia juvenile, containing no asci 

 or spores. 



Previously collected in Java, and credited to West Africa. 



Stereocaulon coralloides Fr. Sched. Crit. IV, p. 24. 

 On earth, Tjipanas; No. 23. 

 Juvenile plants, but quite characteristic. 



Stereocaulon nesaeum Nyl. Syn. p. 240. Sub S. mixtum. 



On thin earth over rocks, Aloen-Aloen and Kandang; Nos. 20 

 and 26. 



Podetia elongated, erect, unbranched or scarcely branched. 

 Phyllocladia prolonged into fibrils. Spores acicular, 87 X 5 m> 

 multiseptate. Cephalodia 2-7 mm. in diameter, plicate-corru- 

 gate, blue-brown or flesh-colored, often developing on the ends 

 of the shorter fibrils. 



