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Spores in ventricose club-shaped asci, ovoid, colourless, length 011 mm., 
breadth ‘007 mm. Hypothecium white. 
On rocks. 
Fig. 8. Section of apothecium magnified 14 diameters. 
8. a, Ascus and spores » 300 ‘5 
Differs from L. coarctata in the much smaller ovoid spores, the ventri- 
cose ascus and white hypothecium. 
Lecidea subbadio-atra, Knight. , 
Thallus fusco-cinereus rimulosus equalis. Apothecia nigro-fusca parva 
conyexa marginata, margine dilute concolore in statu juvenili prominenti 
demum obscurato. Spore fusce oblonge curvatule 1-septate, longit. 
-025 mm., crassit.-01 mm. Lamina proligera hypothecio nigro duplici 
(strato intermedio fusco) enata. 
Ad saxa. 
Thallus brownish-grey, cracked, equal. Apothecia blackish-brown, 
convex, margined, margin faintly coloured, in the young state prominent, 
at length obscure. Spores brown, oblong, somewhat curved, 1-septate, 
lensth -025 mm., breadth ‘01 mm. The lamina proligera sprung from a 
black double hypothecium, the intermediate stratum brown. 
On rocks. 
Fig. 9. Section of apothecium magnified 14 diameters. 
9. a and b, Ascus and spores ,, 300 fe 
Lecidea whakatipe, Knight. 
Thallus albus parum visibilis v. obsolete indicatus. Apothecia parva 
atra juniora plana et tenuiter marginata deinde convexa v. suborbiculata 
immarginata. Spore fuscse elliptic 1-septate, longit. ‘013 mm., crassit. 
-006 mm. Hypothecium atrum. 
Ad saxa. 
Thallus white or obsolete or scarcely visible. Apothecia small, black, 
the younger flat and slightly margined, then convex or suborbiculate, immar- 
ginate. Spores brown elliptic 1-septate, length 018 mm., breadth -006 
mm. Hypothecium black. 
On rocks. 
Fig. 9. (1), Section of apothecium magnified 14 diameters. 
9. (1), a and b, Ascus and spores 5, 300 
