420 I. DiscoLiCHENES (Wainio). [Lecidea 



rufescente aiit fuscescente, demum vulgo excluso. Excipulum 

 pallidum aut in margine intus rufescens, hyphis radiantibus, 

 <3ellulis angustis, oblongis. Hypothecium pallidum. Epithecium 

 deooloratum. Hymenium jodo persistenter cserulescens. Sporse 

 8nse, rectse, baoillares aut aciculares, 3 — 6-septatae, long. 0'026 ad 

 0042, crass. 0'002 ad 0'003 mm. Paraphyses tenues, fiUformes, 

 simplices aut raro parce connexae, sat arete cohserentes. 



Var. pluriseptata Wain. 



Sporse apicibus obtusis aut apice inferiore attenuate, circ. 4- ad 

 6-septat8e, long. 0'038 ad 0-042 mm. Hymenium circ. 0'060 ad 

 0'070 mm. crassum. 



GrOLUNGO Alto (1000 ad 2400 ped. s. m,). — Ad truncos vigentes 

 Cordice in sylvis primsevis densioribus prope Sange. No. 149 pr. p. 

 Ad truncos vigentes in sylvis in Serra de Alta Queta. No. 154. 



Var. pauciseptata Wain. 



Sporse apice inferiore attenuate, 3-septatse, long. 0'026 to 0'036, 

 crass. 0-0025 to 0-003 mm. Hymenium circ. 0-055 to 0-065 mm. 

 crassum. 



GOLDNGO Alto (1000 ad 2400 ped. s. m.). — Ad truncos arborum 

 juniorum ia sylvis prope Sange. Nos. 135a, 136- Ad truncos arborum 

 in sylvis primsevis in Serra de Alta Queta. Nos. 150o, 151. 



4. L. lauroeerasi (Del.) Wain. 



Patellaria lawrocerasi Del. in Dub. Bot. Gall. p. 653. Lecidea 

 ■endoleuca Nyl. in Hue, Lich. Exot. p. 201 ; Malme, Bot. Not. 1895, 

 p. 209. 



Var. amylothelia Wain. 



Hymenium jodo persistenter cserulescens. Apothecia atra, 

 margine concolore aut primo ssepe cinereo-nigricante. Epithecium 

 cerasino-fuscescens, KHO purpurascens. Paraphyses paulum 

 connexae, apice clavatse, in KHO sat laxse. Hypothecium 

 pallidum. Excipulum pallidum, in margine cerasino-fuscescens. 

 Sporse long. 0-046 ad 0-054, crass. 0-002 ad 0-003 mm. 



GrOLUNGO Alto. — Ad truncos juniores in sylvis prope Sange. 

 No. 184. 



5. L. medialis Tuck, in Wright, Lich. Cub. n. 203; Wain., 

 Etud. Lich. Bres. II. p. 17. 



GoLUNGO Alto (lOOO ad 2400 ped. s. m.). — Ad truncos arborum 

 juniorum in sylvis prope Sange. No. 134. 



6. L. (Bilimbia) farinulenta (Miill. Arg.). 



Pcutellwria fmrinulenta Miill. Arg., Lich. Afr. Occ. (LinnsBa 

 1880), p. 36. 



In foliis coriaceis in planitie depressa secus Hum. Quilla leg. 

 Pechuel-Loesche teste Miill. Arg., I.e. 



7. L. sublecanorina (Nyl.) Wain. 

 Platygrapha sublecanorina Nyl., Lich. Angl. p. 13. 



Thallus flavido-glaucescens vel stramineo-glaucescens, gonidiis 

 cytococcoideis instructus. Apothecia 0-2 ad O'S mm. lata, orbicu- 

 laria, disco fusconigro, piano, opaco, nude, margine tenui, integro, 



