CHROOLEPIDEE. 187 
Chroolepus aureus, Eng. Fl. v., 880, in part. 
On Holly bark. 
Included in Harvey’s Manual (p. 189) under Chroolepus 
aureus. Figured from the original specimen. 
sane LXXI. fig. 5. Portion of thread of Chroolepus ilicicolus 
Chroolepus lichenicolus. Ag. Syst. 34. 
_ Tufts red-orange ; threads erect, tufted, alternately branched, 
rigid ; cells slightly tumid, as long as broad. 
Size. Cells ‘012 mm. diam. Zoosporangium about ‘015 
mm. diam. 
Eng. Fl.v., 381. Eng. Bot. ii. t., 2580. Harv. Man. 190. 
Mack. Hib, 247. 
Conferva lichenicola, Eng. Bot. i., t. 1609. Dillw. Conf. p. 
56 
Chroolepus abietinum, Rabh. Alg. Eur. iii., 372, in part. 
On Lichens and old trees. 
Figured from the original specimens, 
Plate LXXII. fig. 3. Portion of thread of Chroolepus abietinum, 
var. lichenicolus X 400. 
Species Excluded. 
Chroolepus Arnottii. Harv. Man. p. 191. 
This is a fungus, Antennaria Arnott, Berk in Herb. 
Chroolepus ebenea. Harv. Man. p. 189. 
Conferva ebenea, Dillw. Conf. t. 101. 
Byssus nigra, Eng. Bot, i., t. 702. 
Probably a species of Helminthosporium. 
Chroolepus melaenus. Carm.in Harv. Man. p. 189. 
Conferva melaena, Lyngb. Hydrot. 57. 
Apparently a Torula. 
Chroolepus mesomelas. Cam. in Harv. Man. p. 189. 
Torula mesomela, Carm. Alg. App. 
We have seen no specimen, but it would appear from descrip- 
tion to be Helminthosporium. 
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