74 Additions to the Lichen Flora of Queensland. 



caeruleis) ; hypotliecium incolor. Iodo -gel. hym. leviter 

 vinose rubescens vel fere incolor. Brisbane (coll. Bailey, 125 

 ex parte). 



Endocarpon Baileyi, sp. nov. 



Thallus pallidus vel glaucescenti-pallidus, firmus crassi- 

 usculus (crassit. usque ad '5 mm.), late expansus (latit. 1 — 2 

 — pollicaris), corniculato-convolutus et bullatus, fere cere- 

 briformis, ambit u nonnihil lobato-divisus, chrysogonidicus, 

 subtus pallide f uscescens ; perithecia innata pallida sed supra 

 annulo nigro munita ; sporae 8 nae fere uniseriatse fuscas vel 

 fusco-nigraa, variabiles, ellipsoid ea3, oblongae et interdum fere 

 sphaericse, irregulariter loculosae, fere mura-lidivisas, "014 — 

 •023 x *0085 — 014 mm.; paraphyses graciles longas, in gela- 

 tina firma involutas ; hypotliecium incolor. Iodo gel. hym. 

 non tincta. 



Corticola, Brisbane (coll. Bailey, 249). 



This lichen presents several peculiarities, but meanwhile 

 it is preferable to rank it under the genus Endocavpon. 



Verrucaria obovata, sp. nov. 



Thallus macula albida vel pallida indicatus ; apothecia 

 nigra prominula hemisphaerica (latit. '3 — '4 mm.), perithecio 

 demidiatim nigro crassiusculo ; sporsa3 (6 — 8) nae in thecis 

 saccatis in color es dein fuscse vel fusco-nigri-cantes, oviformes 

 (i.e., uno apice acutiores), 1 — septata3 (septo apici acutiori 

 viciniore), "022 — 032 x 009 — "012 mm.; paraphyses graciles 

 confertas, molliusculas. Iodo gel. hym. non tincta. 



Ad cortices (praesertim juniores) prope Brisbane (coll. 

 Bailey, 125). Arete affinis V. conothelence (Nyl.) sed differt 

 colore thalli, magnitudine sporarum, &c. 



Verrucaria flaventior, sjj. nov. 



Thallus bene flavens (K aurantiaco-rubens), nitidus crassus, 

 nodulosus vel noduloso-rugosus, diffractus ; apothecia nigra, 

 plerumque tota immersa, solum ostiolis pallidis denudatis, 

 demum partim emersa, perithecio integre nigro; sporse 8 

 na3 fuscas, oblonga3 vel ellipsoideo-oblongae, 4 — loculares, 

 •018 — 025 x *008 — -011 mm.; paraphyses inspersae. Sper- 

 mogonia nigra parva (partim immersa); spermatia recta, 

 cylindraceo-aciculares, '015 — *023 x circ. '0006 mm. 



Corticola prope Brisbane (No. 244). 



The spores are, for the most part, old and shrivelled, and 

 the dimensions given above may not indicate the fully de- 

 veloped size. 



Verrucaria circumrubens (Nyl.) rubrotecta (Strn.). 



Thallus macula pallida vel pallide lutescente, nitida indi- 



