116 



CRYPTOGAMIA. 



Leptogium marginellum, Montag. Crypt. Cuba, 1. c, p. 115, tab. 6, f. 2. 

 Leptogium tremelloides, var. Nyl. Syn. p. 125. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil* 



Fam. II. LICHENACEI, m 



2. SPHiEROPHORUS, Pers. 

 1. Sph^rophortjs globiferus, (Linn.) DC. 



Lichen globiferus, Linn. Mant. p. 133 ; Sm. E. Bot. t. 115. 



Sphcerophorus globiferus, De Cand. FI, Fr. 2, p. 327 ; Tuckefm. Lich. Exs. n. 50. 

 Sphcerophorus coralloides, Pers. cit. Ach. Syn. p. 287; Fr. Lichenogr. p. 405; Mon- 

 tag. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, 15, p. 146, tab. 15, f. 1 j Nyl. Prodr. Lich. Gall, et Alg. p. 34. 

 Sphcerophorus coralloides, var. laxus, Turn. & Borr. Lich. Brit. p. 110. 



Hab. Summit of Pico Ruivo, Madeira; infertile. St. Jago, Cape 

 de Verds ; infertile. 



Var. /9. lacunosus: globiferus, lacunosus ; ramis dilatatis subcom- 

 pressis lacunosis. (Tab. 2, f. 5.) 



Hab. Orange Harbor, Fuegia; infertile. — A large state, the irre- 

 gular flattened branches more or less conspicuously lacunose. Color 

 chestnut, with frequent blotches of crimson. 



2. Sphcerophorus fragilts, {Linn.) Pers. (Tab. 2, f. 6.) 



Lichen frag ills, Linn. Fl. Suec. n. 1121 ; Fl. Lapp, t, 11, f. 4. 



Sphcerophorus fragilis, Pers. fide Ach. Syn. p. 287; Fr. Lichenogr. p. 405; Montag. 



PI. Cell, in Voy. Pol Sud. p. 171; Ejusd. in Hist. Chil. Bot. t. 8, p. 195; Tuckerm. 



Lich. Exs. n. 99 ; Nyl. Prodr. p. 35. 

 Sphcerophorus coralloides, var. ccespitosus, Turn. & Borr. Lich. Brit. p. 111. 



Hab. Fuegia; infertile.— Possibly distinct from S. fragilis; an opi- 

 nion sustained by my excellent friend Dr. Montagne : but the speci- 



