328 Transactions.— Botany. 
Baggliettoa map (?) ocellata, Knight. 
Thallus fusco-cinereus continuus tenuis subglaber, gonidia magna. 
Apothecia in verrucis prominulis immersa interdum, 2-4 confluentia, ex- 
cipulo proprio carbonaceo instructa, primo punctiformia dein aperta, margine 
thallino albo sculpto-angulari v. scilpto-subrotundo v. irregulariter dehis- 
cente. Nucleus globosus verrucoideus, amphithecio grumoso oriundus, 
paraphysibus crassis mucoso-diffluxis farctus. Sporae in ascis curvatulis 
fusiformis ellipsoideae incolores v. luteo-grumosae, longit. ‘028 mm. ; crassit. 
012 mm. 
Ad saxa. 
Thallus brownish-grey, continuous, thin, somewhat smooth, gonidia 
large. Apothecia immersed in somewhat prominent warts, sometimes 2-4 
confluent, furnished with proper carbonaceus excipulum, at first punctiform, 
then open, margin white, cut sharply angular or roundish, or gaping irre- 
gularly. Nucleus globose, verrucoid, arising from a grumose amphithecium, 
filled with thick entangled mucous-like paraphyses. Spores in curved 
spindle-shaped asci, ellipsoid, colourless, or yellowish grumose ; length, 
028 mm. ; breadth, 012 mm. 
On rocks. 
Fig. 23. Section of apothecium magnified 60 diameters. 
23. a, Ascus and spores ‘i 
23. b, Gonidea 
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Platysma nove-zealandia. 
Thallus glaucescens v. glauco-pallescens membranosus (latit. 2-3 polli- 
earis) substipitatus lobato-laciniatus subcaniculatus, lobis expansis laevibus, 
subtus pallide albus nudus. Apothecia rufa (latit. 2: mm.) conferta mar- 
ginalia, margine thallino pallido tenui undulato subtiliter granuloso. Sporae 
hyalinz ellipsoidez v. fere spheroidez, longit. -015 ad 0175 mm., crassit. 
(v. diam.) ‘009 ad -012. 
Ad cortices arborum. 
Thallus glaucous or pale glaucous, membranaceous, (2-3 inches broad) 
substipitate, laciniate, somewhat channeled, spread out, smooth, beneath 
pale, white, naked. Apothecia red, (2° mm. wide) crowded, margined ; 
thalline margin pale, thin, undulate, finely granular. Spores hyaline, 
ellipsoid, or almost spherical, length -015 ad -0175 mm., breadth (oF 
diameter) -009 ad -012 mm. 
On bark of trees. 
Fig. 24 and 24 a, Ascus and spores magnified 300 diameters, 
* Exnatum.—Page 359, No. X., “Trans. N. Z. Inst.,” Vol. VIL, delete “ Lecanora,” and — 
insert “‘ Lecidea,” 
