428 I. DiscoLicHENES (Wainio). [Ectolechia 



Epitheciiim gonidia hymenialia (diam. 0-004 ad O'OOS mm.) con- 

 tinens, flavescenti-pallidum vel olivaceo-flavescens, KHO non 

 reagens, jodo fulvo-rubescens. Paraphyses arete cohserentes, 

 neque ramosse, nee connexee. Sporaj solitarise, oblongse, deeolores, 

 long. circ. 0-050 ad 0-054, crass. 0-014 ad 0-022 mm., murales, 

 eellulis numerosissimis. Thalliis intus jodo vinose rubens, gonidia 

 eystococcoidea, diam. 0007 ad 0-010 mm. continens. Excipulum 

 in margins tenue. AfBnis est E. phyllocharide (Mont.), quae 

 apotheciis magis elevatis et excipulo magis evoUito ab ea differt 

 et intermedia est inter E. glaucovirescentem et E. 2yhyllocJiaridem. 

 GrOLUNGO Alto. — Ad folia arboris in Serra de Alta Queta. No. 290. 

 2. E. (Gyalectidiuin) aspidota Wain., sp. n. 

 Thallus plagulseformis, fere sicut in Strigula, plagulas circ. 

 1 ad 2 mm. latas, rotundatas, ambitu subintegras, leviter depresso- 

 convexas, albidas vel cinereo-albidas, crebre contextas, laevigatas, 

 nitidulas, continuas, apotheeia subsolitaria eontinentes formans, 

 hypothallo indistincto. Apotheeia thallo urceolato-immersa, aspici- 

 lioidea, immarginata, disco 0-4 ad 0-6 mm. lato, piano, impresso, 

 testaceo-fuscescente, strato thallino gonidiis destitute imposita. 

 Excipulum solum ex hypothecio albido gonidiis destitute tenui 

 formatum. Hymenium 0-050 ad 0-070 mm. crassiim (in KHO 

 bene turgescens, ad 0-120 mm. crassum), jodo lutescens, epiplasmate 

 ascorum jodo vinose rubente. Epithecium dilute fuscescens aut 

 pallidum. Paraphyses tenuissimse, gelatinam in KHO turges- 

 centem percurrentes, increbre ramoso-connexse. Sporse solitarise, 

 deeolores, murales, eellulis numerosissimis, long. 0-030 ad 0-070, 

 crass. 0-018 ad 0-050 mm. Gonidia eystococcoidea. Habitu sicut 

 prsecedens, sed thallo crassiore ab ea differens. 



GOLUNGO Alto. — Ad folia perennia fruticis prope Sange. No. 292 

 pr. p. 



2. ASTEROTHYRIUM Milll. Arg. 



1. A. Welwitschii Wain., sp. n. 



Thallus crustaceus, tenuis, tevigatvis, sat opacus, continuus, 

 albidus, maoulas 1 ad 2 mm. latas formans, hyphis radiantibus (ad 

 instar cellularum Phycopeltidis), pachydermaticis, circ. 0-004 mm. 

 crassis, in cellulas breves divisis, obductus. Gonidia globosa, 

 diam. 0-006 ad 0-010 mm., simplicia, eystococcoidea. Apotheeia 

 thallo immersa, circ. 0-250 mm. lata, 0-120 mm. crassa,orbicularia, 

 lobis minutis, triangularibus, vulgo circ. 4, diu plus minusve 

 distinctis, 0-025 mm. crassis, demum indistinctis, e lateribus con- 

 niventibus diseoque connatis perithecii formatis instructa. Peri- 

 thecium testaceum, gonidiis destitutum aut in latere basali parce 

 gonidia continens. Hypothecium tenue, testaceum, strato nullo 

 gonidia continenti impositum. Hymenium 0-110 mm. crassum, 

 pallidum, jodo non reagens, epithecio rufescenti-pallido. Para- 

 physes simplices (baud ramoso-connexse), gelatinam sat copiosam 

 percurrentes. Asci membrana tenui. Sporse binse, 1-septatae, 

 ellipsoidese aut oblongse, long. 0-042 ad 0-048, crass. 0-018 ad 

 0-024 mm., haud constrictse, deeolores aut pallidse, membrana 



