Lachenes of New England. — , Bh. 
thallus, and podetia more or less inflated and cup-shapéd 
at the apices, in the Scyphóphori. "T'aking some interest 
in such investigations, I have taken leave thus to preface: 
the following species. — 
C. uncialis, Hoffm., Schar. L pee ., Hook., Ce- 
nomyce unciàlis, Ach. Lindos Univ., Muhl., Michx., 
Torr., Hals. Omitted in the Mass. Cat., Ms common 
in this vicinity. Cambridge, &c. 
C. spinosa, C. furcàta, var. recúrva, Hoffm.. "n 
Hook.), C. furcata, 8, recürva, Scher. (cit. Hook.) C. 
furcàta, 7, spindsa, Hook. . Beomyces spinósus, Ach. 
Meth:, Lichen spindsus, Huds., Lightf. White Moun- 
tains, lower summits. ` 
- Acharius, Hudson and Lightfoot, have considered this 
form a distinct species. 
C. subulifórmis, Hoffm. (cit. cities Spreng., 
vermicularis, De Cand., Scher.!, Hook., vn ien 
vermicularis, Ach. Lichenogr. Uitv., Beeomyces vermi: * 
cularis, Ach. Meth., Lichen subuliformis, Ehrh., L. 
vermicularis, Swartz. White Mountains, lower summits. 
This remarkable and ,interesting species resembles a 
bundle of white worms. ‘The comparison has often 
been made, and the recollection of it enabled me to re- 
cognise the species at sight. 
8, taürica, C. vermicularis, f, taürica, 
Scher. !, Cenomyce vermicularis, (, taürica, Ach. 
Lichenogr. Univ., Beeomyces vermicularis, 8, taüricus, 
Ach. Meth. Cladónia taürica, Hoffm., Lichen taüricus, 
Wulf. White Mountains, with the last ; from which it 
varies in having more erect, and ventricose podetia. 
C. gracilis, Hoffm., Scher. !, Spreng. Scyphophorus 
grácilis, Hook., Cenomyce ecmocyna, «, Ach. Syn. 
