66 A, -M. HUE. 



superne minores cfficienLibus alque in zona exleriore slralo amorphe 8-10 [i. lalo Leclis 

 conslitulus.Gonidia 8-14 p. lata, membrana incrassata, in slralo inœquali, 60-70 [;.lalo, sub 

 cortice posi ta. Hypha^mcdul lares 3-4 pcrass<T,luminedodrantemcrassitudinismelienle, sa- 

 lis laxe implexo;. Corlex inferior 30[i.lalus, albidus el pseudoparcnchymaticus cum cellu- 

 larum lumine 7-9 [j. lato el inferne minore. In tomenli pilisramosis elpassim fasciculalis 

 hypha^ 6-8 tx crassie, seplata-, sed non conslricle. Apothecia 2-5 mm. lala, marginalia et 

 supra Ihallum dispersa, excipulo lan'i aul leviler rugoso, margine integro flexuosoque el 

 disco obscure rufo prœdita. In excipulo cortex 160-200 [x latus, pseudoparenchymalicus 

 cum cellulis angulato-sphrericis oblongisve, lumine 6-8, et eliam 12 p. lato et inferne mi- 

 nore ; gonidia 9-12, alque eliam 16 ij. lata, sub cortice et inler hyphas medullares laxe 

 implexas, sed non in margine, vigenlia. Epithecium sulfureum ; hypothecium flavum ; 

 paraphyses 150 [l alta\ 2-3 pt, crassse, articulala^ el apice 3-4 [x melienles ; sporœ 8°", hya- 

 lina^ utroque apice attenuatœ, S-septatn?, 32-40 [j. longa? el 9-10 p. lata\ Gelatina hyme- 

 nialis iodo cœrulescens et mox decolorata, thecis persistenter ca^'ulescentibus. 



Videtur species distincta S. capcralse (Bory) quoad thallum propinqua et si denuo col- 

 ligatur, notis datis et prœserlim gonidiis in apothecio prœsentibus facile agnoscenda. 



2. — Lccidostîcta Hue, non sect. Lecidosticta Wain. Elude Lira. Brésil I, p. 183 

 quaî species pseudocyphellis prœditas complectitur, — Apothecia gonidiis prorsus des- 

 tituta. 



414. Sticta sinuosa Pers. in Gaudich. Voyage Uronie (1826) p. 102, secundum spé- 

 cimen archetypum e Brasilia in herb. Mus. paris., Miili. Arg. Lich. Beltr. n. 987; 

 S.dainœcornis * S. sinuosa Nyl Enuin. générale Lich. (1857) p. 102 et Wain. Etude Lich, 

 Brés. I, p. 192 alque Lirh. bi-asiliens. exsirc. n. 1177 ; *S'. dam.vcornis var sinuosa Nyl. 

 Sgnops. Lich. I (1858-1860) p. 336 el apud Hue Lich. exot. n. 817, Stizenb. Die Gvub- 

 chenilecht. p. 121, Wright Lich. Cuba n. 62 et coll. Lindig e Nova Granata n. 2738 in 

 herb. Mus. Paris. 



In America : in Brasilia corlicolam legil S. M. doiia Theresia Cliristina Maria hujus re- 

 gionis imperatrix, anno 1889; prope Sao Paulo legit AzevedoSampaio, anno 1894. 



Tliallus in archetypo Persoon pallide flavens, procumbens et apicibus ascendens, 

 parum expansus, nitidus, angusle laciniatus et K supra non mutatus et intus lulescens ; 

 lacinise 6-10 mm. lata;. parum ramosic, ambitu sinuattc vel crenata; et apice rotundalœ; 

 supra lœvigaUe vel passim impresso-inœquales; intus albida;; subtus fuscescentes el ad 

 peripheriam pallidiores, breviter tomentosœ el ad apicem glabrcp, passim rhizinosie 

 alque cyphellis parvis 0,2-0,3 mm. latis ornata-. Cortex superior 20-30 |j. latus, albidus, 

 pseudoparenchymalicus, ex hyphis 2-3 seplatis cellulasque angulatas, lumine testaceo, 

 6-8 [X lalo, et pariete parum crasso formanlibus alque in zona exleriore in duobus serie- 

 bus parallelis e quibus interior cellulas oblongas 8 [x longas et 3 jx lalas alque exterior 

 parvulas sphœricasque cellulas efficiens, conslilutus. Gonidia 3-7 p, lata, in slralo 70 p lalo 

 sub cortice posita el inler ea hyphœ gonidiales verticales et seplala?, velut in corlice. HyphcB 

 medullares cum gonidiis materia albida obtectœ, 3-4 p crassœ, lumine dodrantem crassi- 

 tudinis metienle, ramosœ stricteque implexse. Cortex inferior 25 a latus, fere lotus brun- 

 neus, pseudoparenchymalicus ex hyphis superficiel perpendicularibus, 2-3 seplatis cellu- 

 lasque angulato-rolundas, 5-9 [x latas efflcientibus constans atque slralo amorpho 8 p. lalo 

 inferne tectus. Apothecia 2-3 mm. lala, marginalia, excipulo hevi, margine rugoso c 

 parum elevalo atque disco pallide rufo pra-dita. Excipuli corlex lUO-120 p latus, albidus 

 et exterius brunneus, pseudoparenchymalicus ex hyphis verticalibus, pluriseptalis cellu 



