56 Sphioriacea), Phajosporaj, Nnmirfuhxria. 



ritlieciis nionostichis, globoso-subdepressis, 400-450 u.. diara., extiis 

 atris, crassiusculis, coriacellis, e stromate parum prorninulis, ostiolo 

 umbonato-papillato, apice saepius minute umbilicato ac zona fiil- 

 vella, vJK perspicua, cincto donatis; ascis cylindraceis, sursum ob- 

 tusissiine i'otundatis, crassissime tunicatis, oi)turacuio majusculo, 

 medio perforato, jodii ope intense cojrulescente ornatis, p, sp. 130- 

 150:= 10-13, deorsum atteuuato-stipitatis, S-sporis, parapiiysibus 

 deiisis obYailatis; s])oridiis elliptico-v. ovoideo-navicularibus, primo 

 crasse 1-guttuIatis, guftula sa^pe ocellulata, dein opace fuligineis, 

 utrinque rotundatis, 20-22:^9-10, extremitate infera cristula hya- 

 lina, decidua, hemisphrorica, stricta ornatis. 



IlaO. ad ramos dejectos putresceutes in silvis subvirgineis prope 

 Guarapi Bras. — Specie.s pulclira distinctissima, generibus Kretz- 

 sc/imarm et Poronia intermedia. 



*2. Kretzschmaria Berkeleyana (Cooke) Berl. et Yogl. Ifijpon/ion c 

 cacnopus var, Bcrlc. in Ilerb, Wiopalopsh Berkeleijanum Cooke 

 in Grevillea XII, p. 2. — Ca\spitibus suborbicuhiribus, 2,5-5 cm. 

 Latis ; stromatibus clavatis, stipitatis, superne apphmatis, dense con- 

 gestis, atris, opacis, simplicibus, rarissime confluentibus, in stipitom 

 brovem, rugulosuni, inlVa attenuatis; peritlieciis minutis, nunipro- 

 sissimis, compressis, i^rominulis ; ascis cylindraceis; sporidiis ellip- 

 ticis, ina-quilateralibus, continuis, fuscis, 8-10:; 4. 



ITab. in corticibus in Brasiiia et in iiisula Ceylon. — Habitu 

 A^ ccnopod/ sed peritlieciis minoribus, sporidiis diversis. 



'•:). Kretzschmaria confusa (Berk. et Cooke) Sacc. Syll. II, add. c' 

 XXIX, lihopahpsis confasiim Berk. et Cooke in Grevillea XII, 

 p. 2. — Gregaria, stipitata, simplex; capitulis globoso-depressis. 

 glaucis, demum nigris, in stipitem flexuosum attenuatis; peritliociis 

 iiinatis, globosis, ostiolis punctiformibus ; ascis sporidiisque non visis. 

 Ilah. in ligno in Brasilia. 



NUIVIIVIULARIA Tul. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 395. 



■^ 1. Nummularia Clypeus (Schw.) Cooke in Grevillea XII, p. G, Sp/irr- g: 

 rm Clypeii.s Schwz. Syn. Car. n. 42, ^V. Ihi.lliardi Sacc. Syll. I, 

 p. 396 p. p. — Kxplanata, ambitu elliptico, immersa, atro-nitens, 

 ostiulis conicis, prominulis exasperata, 25-75 mm. diam., margine 

 ligneo undulato ciiicta ; ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis ellipticis, utrin- 

 quo atteiiuatis, amygdahiBformibus, continuis, fuscis, 20 =; S. J 



JlaJ). \\\ ramis Catalpa^ etc. in Amer. bor. (Doct. Curtis). " 



*2. Nummularia Macula (Schwz.) Cooko in Grevillea XII, pag. 0, g: 





