132 A. HUE. 



Thallus fuscocinereuSjtenuis, opacus vel subnitidus,paitim lacinulatus,partim areolat ii 

 lacinula; 0,3-0,5 mill. latae, applanatœ, arcte saxo ailliœrentes, paulum ramosae, médium 

 thalli tenentes nnam versus extiemitatem parallelœ, alteram versus paulum radiantes atque 

 passim in areolas mutatœ ; areolœ parvae, contiguœ et in superficie, sicut lacinulœ, 

 œquatœ ; in peripheria nuUus radius, ut videtur. Cortex 15-20 \). latus et corpusculis atratis, 

 hydrate kalico non tinclis nubilatus ; in eo liyphee 4-7 a crassa', intricata', raro verticales, 

 inlerdum horizontales, arcte coalitae, sphaerico vel sphœroideo articulatœ, lumine 2,5-5 alato, 

 nunc summum corficem tangentes, nunc in zona 6-12, vel etiam 50 p. crassa protoplasmate 

 fere orbatœ. Gonidia viridia, protococcoidea, 9-14, raro 18 |x lata, membrana parum cressa, 

 vel glomerulos vel stratum densum sub cortice formantia ; inter ea hypiia; septatœ sicut in 

 cortice. Sub strato gonidiali hyphœ horizontales 5-0 [x crassœ, lumine 2-2,5 ja lato, arctis- 

 sime agglutinatae et zonam 40-50 latam formantes ; sub his hyphis horizontalibus altéra 

 zona, 120 [x crassa, ex hyphis varie directis et meatus prœbentibus atque pauca gonidia 

 admittentibus composita. Apothecia 0,5-0,8, raro 1 mill. lata, supra thallum elevata 

 et dispersa, rotunda, in basi constricta, perithecio in junioribus rufo, in cseteris 

 fusco rufo, margine concolore, parum prominulo, integro et demum flevuoso atque disco 

 primum rufo et dein fusco rufo et etiam atrato, piano, raro convexo et nudo instructa. 

 In perithecio 100-140 a lato, in zona externa corpusculis atrato flavidis et hydrate kalico 

 violacée dissolutis repleto, hyphœ fastigiatœ, in margine flabellata;, 2,5 jjl crassœ, articulatae 

 articulis 3-8 [x longis, lumine 1,5 a lato, dein verticales ^-l ix crassae, similiter articulatae, 

 lumine 2-5 [x lato; gonidia pauca vel in margine vel sub hypothecio vigentia et non raro 

 deficientia saltem in uno latere apothecii secti. Hypothecium incoloratum, in margine 20 et 

 subtus 30-80 [X crassum ; ejus hyphœ horizontales ac in centro, etiam extra vincturœ 

 punctum, intricatœ, oblongo articulatœ, lumine 1-1,5 jx lato, atque meatus numerosos 

 parvosque prœbentes. Paraphyses liyalinœ, sursum truncatœ et granula flavida vel fusco- 

 flavida hydrate kalico violaceo dissoluta continentes, 80-100 |x altœ, 5-6 ;x crassœ, arcte 

 cohœrentes, rectœ et flexuosœ, articulatœ articulis 7-9, et in apiee 5 tx longis, sepimentis sat 

 crassis et lumine 1,5 [x lato (in ultimo articulo non latiore), passim in hoc septo vel 

 furcatœ vel dichotomo ramosœ atque iodo cœruleœ. Thecœ 60 a longœ et 22 [x latœ, superne 

 parum crassœ et inferne breviter caudatœ ; sporœ octonœ, hyalinœ, sub triplici série in theca 

 dispositœ, simplices et polocœlœ, cavernulis 3-4 jx crassis, 12-14 jx longœ et 7,5-10 ;x latœ. 



814. Lecidea spodoplaca Hue ; Lecanora spodoplaca Nyl. Lich. Japon. (1890), p. 38,^ 

 secundum descriptionem. 



In Asia : in Japonia saxicolam legit R. P. Faurie in ins. Kiushiu, in Nagasaki, n. 3607, 

 maio 1901. 



Thallus cinerescens, tenuis aut passim paulum crassus, opacus, continuus, rarissime 

 verrucosus, plerumque rhagadiosus, id est valde inœqualis, et rimosus ac in rimis non raro 

 dehiscens. Cortex corpsculis atratis nubilatus, hydrate kalico immutatus et 15-40 jx crassus; 

 in eo hyphœ intricatœ et inter gonidiorum glomerulos verticales, breviter articulatœ, 

 lumine 2,5-4 jx lato atque strato fere amorpho 10 a lato obtectœ. Gonidia viridia, proto- 

 coccoidea, 8-15 IX lata, glomerulos sub cortice formantia. MeduUa duplex: hyphœ in strato 

 40-70 [X crasso horizontales et arctissime coalitœ et in strato inferiore (iO-lOO a lato verli- 

 cales, meatus prœbentes et pauca gonidia admittentes. Apothecia 0,8-1,2 mill. lata, 

 dispersa, rotunda, in basi constricta, perithecio rufo, interdum nigricante aut albicante, 

 margine integro et parum prominulo atque disco ochraceo ferrugineo, piano aut demum 

 leviter convexo nudoque prœdita. Perithecium 100-100 [x latum et superne tantum liydrate 

 kalico rubens ; in eo hyphœ fastigiatœ. in margine flabellatœ, breviter articulatœ, lumine 2-3 u. 

 lato. Gonidia satis copiosa in margine ac in latere apothecii, dispersa in ejus centro ; inter 



