GRAPHIDEÆ FEEANÆ. 53 
# longæ, absque crasso halone 11-14 y latæ, 9-11-loculares, loculi demum turgide 
2-4-locellati. — Vulgaris in regionibus calidioribus (vidi spec. Féeana, Zenkerana et 
multa alia). 
12. HELMINTHOCARPON Fée Ess. Suppl. p. 156. 
Apothecia in thallo sparsa, lirellaria; perithecium graphidaceo-annulare (sub lamina deficiens) ; 
paraphyses intricatim connexo-ramosæ; sporæ hyalinæ, parenchymaticæ.— Genus insigne 
perithecio et sporis Graphinam, paraphysibus Arthoniam imitans. 
Helminthocarpon Le Prevostii Fée Ess. Suppl. p. 156, t. 35, f. 11. 
Puneta atomaria, quibus discus adspersus, ab auctore memorata, nil sunt nisi apices 
ascorum rosello-pallidi, qui post lapsum corticis disei facile sub lente perspiciuntur 
more quarundam Arthoniarum. Asci et perithecium innatum cæterum bene Graphi- 
dis auct. nec Arthoniæ sant. —- Perithecium hujus pulchræ speciei est subnigrum, 
tenue, subtus tota latitudine lirellarum deficiens, supra demum perspicuum, primum 
tamen tectum, intus strato crasso albo (laminæ parte sterili peripherica) duplicatum ; 
discus pallidus, albo-farinosus ; lamina tota alba et mollis, madefacta turgescens. Asci 
fere totam altitudinem laminæ æquantes, 8-spori; sporæ hyalinæ, cire. 140 ; longæ 
et 30 4 latæ, cylindricæ, crebre parenchymatice loculosæ. — Carthagena : Le Prevost 
(ad specim. hb. Féeana et alia). 
13. ARTHONIA Acb. Lich. Univ. p. 25, t. 1, f. 3, #; Nyl. Syn. Arth. p. 88; 
Almquist Monogr. Arth. p. 8. 
Apotheëia gymnocarpica, orbiculari-linearia, perithecio genuino cingente destituta (superficialia) ; 
lamina ab origine aperta; paraphyses (tenuissimæ) intricatim connexo-ramosissimæ; sporæ 
hyalinæ, transversim divisæ. 
A. Apothecia coccinea aut lœte rubra. 
1. Arthonia Casecarillæ Nyl Enum. gén. p. 132; Coniocarpon Cascarillæ 
Fée Ess. p. 99, t. 15, f. # et Suppl. t. 42, f. 3; proxima 4. cinnabarinæ, sed apo- 
thecia dense sparsa, nec gregatim plus minusve confluentia, minora, '/,-'/, mm. lata, 
anguloso-v. fere regulari-orbicularia v. elliptica, nec pro parte sublincaria, haud 
pruinoso-velata et magis obfuscata ; lamina autem purpurascenti-hyalinx v. subhya- 
