26 6 : q 
| MELASPILEA. 4 
Nyl. Prod. p. sh et Scand. p. 263; Malan ae Mull. Arg. 
B. No. 535; and Graph. Fée, p. 4. a 
MM. (s. pa) congregantula, Mull. Ar. 4 
hitish, like a faint halo, subrugulose, shining, nal evanescent; q 
apothecia to ‘8 mm. long, ‘012-017 mm. wide ; simple te, 
oo wholly black, here and there densely congreg tod margins — 
from almost shut to broadly gaping, subundulate, nude “ike the disk; 
perithecinm wanting at the base; spore g 8, 8-11 x 4-5 #, oblong: 
resembles a minute form of MW. CONGO but apothecia and < 4 
are smaller. 
Hab. : On bark, Knight, No 102, pro ze 
MI. (s. Melaspileopsis) stellaris, Mull. Arg. Thallusw white, 
forming a very thin halo, smooth and shining, usually evanescent; — 
apothecia stellate-ramose or almost simple, black and opaque, 
‘3 mm. wide, branches ‘15-2 mm. wide ; lips fine, at length wide apart; 
perithecium everywhere thick and complete, black ; paraphyses co” 
nected; spores 8, brownish, 10-12 x 5} p, obovoid, 2-locular. ’ 
Hab.: On bark, Knight, Nos. 102, 293, 296, 312, 338. 
OPEGRAPHA, 
Nyl. Ess. p. 188; Ach. Univ. p. 43, pro. p- . 
0. la cteella, Mull. Arg. Thallus milk-white, very thin, era 
and smooth, at length evanescent in spots ; lirelle appressed se ae 
‘1-13 m m, wide, i in length at times 4 times saviP black and Hi? 
denel-ctin sical; lips closely eonnivent ; per rithecium_ black-brep : 
at the base complete ; Spates m black-brown ; pater S; co 8; 12-14 Xn" 
py at ie ends obtuse, 4 ocular. a 
: On bark, Cairns, Sticty, No. 1822. 4 
Oo. Sonne. Ach. Thallus a sordid pale-brown, C3 ene 
membranaceous; apothecia sessile, thick, eae a 
straight ; the margin connivent, elevate; disk closed, sub ; 
ace oo 65 x 8 
: On bark, Cairns, Shirley. 
QO. minutula, Mull. Arg. Thallus bluish-white, very t sn a ] 
and = first continuous, then rimose 5 lirelle black, closely 9P simples | 
a ei 
Hab.: On bark, Darling Downs, Bailey, No. 721. a 
O. (s. Lecanactis) microcarpella, Mull wet "9" eg 08 
white, except where coloured by the ewsious pruit of sa row’ 
= Slee ee , obsoletely rugu ~~ Licata apothes cloth 
m. br orbicular, at firs sious from wde eth 
thes: ‘suds, peau black, when veute immers ned pee ot fe 
hemispherical, then flatter, and the outline somewhat © obinee tr 
