386 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



thecium crasse obconicum et atro-fuscum ; perithecium lateraliter distinctum sed tenue 

 fuscum ; asci angusti, 8-spori ; sporce (hyalinae) 23-26 /x longae, 5|-6| /m. Iata3, 3-septatae, 

 recta?, fusiformes, utrinque obtusiusculoe. 

 Nulli cognitorum arete accedens. 



Socotra. Ad saxa calcarea. B.C.S. n. 1346. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



4. Chiodecton farinaceum, Fee, Ess. Suppl. p. 50. 



Socotra. Ad ramulos tantum sterile lectum sed planta cseterum optime 

 cum hac specie convenit. Ad Wadi Kischen. Schweinf. 



Distrib. Brazil, New Grenada, Western Africa, and Australia. 



Tribe 11. Endopyrenie^e. 

 Endopyreniece, Schwendener Unters. Flechtenth. 25; Mull. Arg. Lich. Geneve p. 72. 



NOKMANDINA. 



JVormandina, Nyl. Essai 191 ; Stitzb. Beitr. 149 ; Tuck. Gen. 251. 

 Endocarpi, sp. Leight. Brit. Ang. Lich. 13 t. 3 f. 1. 



A small genus of only two species, one of which is much dispersed. 



N. Jungermannise, Nyl. Prodr. p. 173. 



Socotra. Inter lobos thalli Parmeliarum, in ramis supra Wadi Kischen, 

 alt. 1000 m. Schweinf. 



Distrib. Long known in western and central Europe, now reported from 

 many exotic stations both in the old and new world (southern part of United 

 States, California, Mexico, New Grenada, Brazil, Ceylon, and Australia). 



Tribe 12. Verrucarie^e. 



Verrucariece, Mull. Arg. Lich. Geneve 75. 

 Verrucariei, Tuck. Gen. 253. 

 Endocarpei, Nyl. Essai 190 pr. p. 



A very numerous and natural tribe, represented everywhere. 



1. VERRUCARIA. 



Verrucaria, Nffig. et Hepp, Fl. Eur. ; Mull. Arg. Lich. Geneve, 73. 

 Verrucaria et Thrombium, Stitzb. Beitr. 148 ; Th. Fries Heterol. 109. 

 Verrucaria, Ach. pr. p. ; Nyl. pr. p. 



This genus has numerous European species, but a few only are found to-day 

 in warmer regions. From this genus are excluded all species of authors not 

 having simple and rot hyaline spores. 



