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THE LICHEN FLORA OF QUEENSLAND, 



in narrow asci, *03 — *07 m m. in length, at both ends obtuse, 

 25—40 locular. 



Hab. — On bark, Daintree River. 



Lich. Beit, von Dr. J. M. XXVII. 11, 12. 



3. 0. terebratula, Nul. (Shirley.) 



Thallus very thin, virescent or olivaceous, continuous or 

 denudate, smooth, determinate, margins paler. Apothecia 

 with apex sMghtly emergent, paler ; disk minute, fuscous, 

 Sn. punctulate ; paraphyses very fine, discrete, golden yellow 

 with iodine ; perithecium brown ; spores not evolute. 

 Hab. — Unrecorded. 



4. O. viridi-pallens, Mull. Arg. 



Thallus thin, olivaceo-virescent, vcy minutely granulose- 

 scabrous, bo r dered by a circumferential brown zone ; apo- 

 thecia *2 m.m., when young concolorous, at a later period 

 towards the osculum widely pallescent, strongly depresso- 

 hemispherical, slightly emergent above the thallus, furnished 

 M. with simple, regular, acute ostiola, -05 m.m. ; disk black or 

 snbcinereous, slightly depressed ; perithecium fuscescent ; 

 lamina and hypothecium hyaline ; spores 8, hyaline, 6- 

 locular, fusiform-ellipsoid, at both ends obtuse, -015 — -018 x 

 •005— -006 m.m. 



#a&.— Trinity Bay, on bark. Lich. Beit , XXVI, 20. 



5. O. (Ascidium) octolocuiaris, C. K. (Shirley.) 



Thallus crustaceous, smooth, somewhat glazed, greenish- 

 glaucous or yellowish green or olive green ; verruca? con- 

 colorous, convex ; disk very minute ; no proper excipulum ; 

 K. paraphyses strongly agglutinate from flavo-virescent chloro- 

 phyll grains disposed through the strata. Asci not seen* 

 Spores fusiform, colourless, 7-septate, rarely 3-septate* 

 Proc Roy. Soc. Queen. Vol, I. Pt. 3. 

 Hab. — Brisbane on the bark of scrub trees. 

 Syn. — Porina octolocuiaris, O.K. 



6. O. leucostyla, Nyl. 



M. Reported in Vict. Nat., Oct., 1887. 



