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somewliat iuterruj)ted and imbedded in a firm gelatine, while the 

 thecae are seen as having, at the apex, thickish, pellucid walls — 

 i.e., in a certain degree arthonioid, 



I have meanwhile classified them with the Lecidese. 



Lecidea Subnexa, Sp. nov. 



Thallus flavescens tenuis nonnihil rugulosus (K flav. C flav.) ; 

 apothecia adnata nigra nitida plana maj uscula (latit. -6 — 1 -5 mm.), 

 margine pallidiore vel pallido undulato tenui cincta ; thalamium 

 ut in priori, sed K flavo-dissolutum (prsesertim ejus pars supera). 

 lodo gel. hym. bene coerulescens. 



The paraphyses are rendered tolerably distinct by K, and are 

 seen as irregular, somewhat branching threads. 



Ad ligna decorticata. 



Lecidea Aniptiza. 



* intersociella, Sp. nov. 



thallo albido et apotheciis nitidis. 

 Ad ligna decorticata, socia L. lamprse. 



Lecidea Hypersporella, Sp. nov. 



Thallus albidus, vix ullus visibilis ; apothecia fusca vel fusco- 

 nigx'a mediocria (latit. circiter 1 mm.) convexa et immarginata ; 

 sporse (12 — 24) nse incolores simplices ellipsoidese, '006 — -008 X 

 •004 — "005 mm., paraphyses incolores parcaj indistinctse (fere 

 diflluentes) molliusculse, apicibus incoloribus non clavatis ; hypo- 

 thecium crassum fusco-nigrum. lodo gel. hym. coerulescens dein 

 obscurata. 



Ad ligna decorticata in Tasmania. 



Lecidea dissa, Sp. nov. 



Thallus albus vel albidus tenuis (K pallide flavescens vel — , 

 C — ) ; apothecia nigra mediocria plana obtuse marginata dein 

 convexa et immargiuata, iritus pallide cinex-ascentia. Sporse 2 nse 

 fuscse ellipsoidere 1 - septatse, -022 — -034 X "Oil — -014 mm.; 

 paraphyses graciles distinctse filiformes, apicibus ramosis fusco. 

 clavatis et interdum articulatis granuloso-inspersis : hypothecium 

 fuscescens vel obscuratum. lodo gel. hym, intense coerulescens. 



Ad ligna decorticata in Tasmaia. 



