84 A. -M. HUE. 



iodo caerulescens et dein fulvescens. Spermog-onia supra thallum sparsa, apice parum 

 prominulo nigra ; spermatia recta, utroque apice leviter incrassata, 3,5 u. longa et 

 0.04-0,o [x lata ; sterigmata pauci-articulata. 



Cum forma typica apotheciis lecanorinis convenit hase varietas, sed major, obscurius 

 colorata et simul marginibus quasi albo-limbata differt; a var. subobscuranti Malme Die 

 Gatt. Pyxine p. 37, etsi plurimis notis recedens, non est omnino absimilis. Hœc jam lecla 

 fuerat in Japonia a cl. Wright et in Herb. of the U. S. North Pacific explor. Exped. 

 under Comm. Ringgold und Rodgers 1853-56 data, in herb. Mus. paris. 



355. Pyxine connectens Wain. Étude Lich. Bre's.l (1890) p. 154 et Lich. brasiliens. 

 exsicc. n. 62, Malme Die Gatt. Pyxine (1897) p. 38. 



In Asia : 1. in Japonia legit R. P. Faurie corticolam sterilemque in ins. Kiushu, in Sobo- 

 san, n. 1934, 24 junii 1899. — 2. In China, prov. Yun-nan, legit R. P. Delavay corticolam 

 in Kou-su-kang prope Ta-pin-tze, n is 4693 et 4704 pr. p . , 26 januarii 1890. — 3. In Tonkin 

 eliam corticolam legit R. P. Bon, n. 3508, comm. abb. Hy. 



In America legit A. Gaillard corticolam in Ciudad Bolivar, Haut-Orénoque, 18 mar- 

 tii 1887. 



Thallus albido-glaucescens, orbicularis, plagas 2-4 cent, latas formans, anguste laci- 

 niatus, K supra et intus non mutatus ; laciniae 1-1,5, raro 2 mm. lata?, pluri-divisa?, nunc 

 radiantes, nunc sine ordine dispositae, in margine praesertim atque in superficie sorediis 

 parvis, albidis vel subesesiis, in centro facile confluentibus ornât» atque non isidiataa ; 

 intus albae ; subtus nigrae atque rhizinis concoloribus parvisque munitae. Cortex superior 

 20-30 tj. latus, albidus et pseudoparenchymaticus ; cortex inferior niger 20 jjl latus ex 

 hyphis superficiel parallelis atque ab hyphis medullaribus parum dislinctis, sed arctius 

 coalitis constans. Apothecia sicut mP.Meissneri evoluta atque eisdem elementis com- 

 posita, sed hypothecium fusco-nigrum et epithecium nigrescens, K violascentia ; sporœ 

 fuscae, apicibus rotundatis, loculis parvis tubulo junctis, 15-20 p. longae et 5-7 a lalae. 

 Gelatina hymenialis iodo caerulescens. 



Est forma sorediataP. Meissneri Tuck. aut potius illius formée endoleucœ Mull. Arg. 



Notata insuper in Brasilia, sed probabililer latius distribula. 



356. Pyxine Coeoes Nyl. Énum. générale Lich. (1858) p. 108, Synops. Lich. II, p. 2, 

 tab. IX, fig. 1 et 2, et apud Hue Lich. exot. n. 1009, Tuck. Observ. Lich. I (1860) p. 401 

 et IV (1877) p. 166 atque Synops. North A?neric. Lich. I, p. 80. Reinke Abhandl. Lich. 

 (1895) p. 211, fig. 131, Malme Die Gatt. Pyxine p. 38; Lichen Coeoes S\v. Prodr. Florœ 

 Ind. occid. (1888) p. 146: Lecidca Coeoes Ach. Method. Lich. (1803) p. 84, Lichcnogr. 

 univ. p. 216 et Synops. Lich. p. 54. 



In Africa : in ins. Borbonia legit fr. Rodriguez corticolam sterilemque, anno 1888. 



In Oceania : in Nova Caledonia legit Pancher corticolam atque fertilem, Mus. Neocaled. 

 n. 694, comm. cl. Patouillard. 



Thallus albidus vel albido-glaucescens, orbicularis, plagas 2-5 cent, latas formans, 

 adpressus,tenuis aut satis erassus, auguste laciniatus.K supra et intus immutatus; laciniae 

 0,6-1,5 mm. latae, pluri-lacinulata?, lacinulis radiantibus, subimbricatis, apice rotundis, 

 lateraliter crenatis, rarius integris atque in centro brevioribus et varie directis; supra 

 applanatee, interdum concavae aut plicato-convexee, nec sorediatae, nec isidiala?; intus 

 albae; subtus nigrae aut obscure fuscae et rhizinis nigris parvisque munit». Cortex supe- 

 rior 20-25 fj. latus, albidus et superne in zona sat lata corpusculis flavidis obsitus, pseu- 

 doparenchymaticus, ex hyphis superficiel perpendicularibus, pluri-septatis cellulasque 

 fere rotundas, lumine testaceo 2,5-3 ix lato et pariete tenui, formantibus constans. Goni- 

 dia 6-10 (x lata et in strato sat crasso sub corlice posita; hyphae gonidiales in specimi- 



