306 Minerals from New Holland. 
Meth. eum. Ic.— Upon old rails, Cambridge, and 
elsewhere. Acharius placed this in the same section 
of his genus Beomyces, which included the species 
now constituting Pycnothelia. This still seems its 
natural position, though it is much nearer the cup- 
bearing Cladonie than P. Papillaria, and, I have 
thought, may almost be said. to connect the latter 
with the former, rti with the group which in- 
cludes C. cariosa. E 
The study of our lichens cannot " satisfactorily 
pursued, until we have a complete synopsis of our 
own species. ‘To this, however prospective it may 
be, these pages are offered as some contribution. 
That they may lead others, whose ability has been 
shown already, to add their larger stores, is the wri- 
ter’s hope. 
ART. VIL — NOTICE OF MINERALS FROM NEW HOL- 
LAND. By Fnaxeis ArcrR, a Member gie (Read 
June 4th, enda 
Fon mines of which I propose to oia a 
the present occasion, I am indebted 
idge, Esq., of Yarmouth, Mass., who 
y permitted me to select. them: from à 
collection ‘purchased by him several years since, 
while on a visit to Caleutta, to which city they had 
recently been brought, as “curiosities,” by a person 
from the coast of New Holland. Their exact local- 
ity it is not in the power of Mr. Eldridge to give me; 
& circumstance to be regretted, as the information 
