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all its glossy beauty. It was only iu this last year (1879), after very diligent 

 research, that I succeeded in obtaining good fruiting specimens of this 

 plant. 



P.S. — Specimens of all the Plants described in this Paper have been 

 forwarded with it to the Manager of the New Zealand Institute, for the Her- 

 barium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington. 



Akt. LV. — Contribution to the Lichenographia of New Zealand. 

 By Charles Knight, F.L.S. 



Plates XII. and XIII. 



[Eead before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st February, 1880.] 

 1. Sticta amijhisticta, Kn. t- 



ThaUus pallido-ochro-fuscescens aut passim hepatico-fuscescens ambi- 

 tum versus s^pe fuscus mediooris lasvis parum rigescens, supra punctis 

 albis sparsis pseudo-cyphelloideis minutis conspersus, laciniato-divisus, 

 laciniis subcaniculatis varie lobatis v. grosse sinuato-crenatis, apice dicho- 

 tomis V. obtusis ; subtus ochro-fuscus aut pallido-fuscescens medio fusco- 

 tomentosus ; cyphellse urceolatse pallidte, margine ssepe prominulo ; cepha- 

 lodia concoloria minuta parca. Apothecia sparsa badio-rufa, margine tenui 

 crenulato pallido aliquando integro. Sporte incolores v. dilute luteolse 

 oblongo-fusiformes v. oblongse, l-S-septatse, longit. -026, crassit. -007 mm. 



Ad cortices. 



2. Sticta ejnsticta, Nyl. 



Thallus ochroleucus v. pallido-ochraceo-fuscescens mediocris vix nitidius- 

 culus, supra punctis albis pseudo-cyphelloideis minutis sparsis cons|)ersus, 

 laciniatus, laciniis varie lobato-divisis subcaniculatis ambitu minute cre- 

 natis passim ibi laciniatulo-dissectis v. fere isidiosis ; subtus ochraceus 

 puberulus subnudus medio fusco-tomentosus, cyphellis parvis urceolatis 

 perpaucis v. nullis palhdis, cephalodiis concoloris minutis parcis. Apo- 

 thecia rara v. rarissima badio-rufa margine thallino crenulato v. leviter 

 denticulato-intequali cincta. Sporse incolores v. dilute luteol^e oblongo- 

 fusiformes V. oblongfe, 1-3-septatfe, longit. "03, crassit. -007 mm. 



Ad cortices. 



3. Pannaria atrofumosa, Kn. 



Thallus caeruleo-olivaceus v. atro-fumosus squamulosus diffracto-areo- 

 latus, squamulis minutis concavis crenato-orbiculatis ambitu miuutissime 

 granulosis v. furfuribus, hypothallo atro late marginatus. Apothecia innata 



