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THE LICHEN FLORA OF QUEENSLAND. 



Apothecia spadiceo-rufous, receptacle rugose beneath, mar- 

 gin thin, presently excluded. On rocks. Spermatia 

 acicular cylindrical, incrassate at one apex. 



2. P. eriophyllum, C.K. 



Thallus simple, with dark-coloured medulla and white 

 woolly surfaces, 1 — \\ in. in greatest width ; surface 

 wrinkled, margins almost simple, clasping a twig with the 

 posterior and lateral margins, and with the anterior margin 

 free, horizontal, and bearing the apothecia only along its 

 K edge. Apothecia from 1*5 — 2 m.m. in diameter, disk dull 

 red to black, flat ; margin truly thalline with a beautiful 

 white ray of the woolly filaments. Asci ovate-cylindrical 

 with 2-seriate contents, "04 x "015 m.m., or narrow- 

 cylindrical and spores 1 -seriate, Spores oval or globular, 

 simple and colourless, *007 x -005 m.m. Paraphyses with 

 iodine dull-brown, matted, granular. 



Hub. — Mount Mistake. 



