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represmt a development of the species correlated with distribution, a varietal 
name is needed to distinguish this condition of growth. 
Exsiccati: No. 57. Lich. Amer. Sept. Exsic., Tuckerman. “Montibus 
Californiae.” 1854. 
No. 42. Decades N. A. Lich., Cummings, etc. “Gilroy, Calif.,” Sept. 
1892, Mrs. J. Forsyth. 
No. 1. Canadian Lich., Macoun. “Victoria, V. I.” [1875-77, May 6, 
1893. ] J. Macoun. 
No. 573. Krypt. Exsic., Zahlbr. “California,” 1901. 
No. iq. Lich. Exsic., Merrill. “Westport, Washington,” April 29, 1908. 
A. S. Foster. 
No. 142. Lich. Exsic., Merrill. “Rock Harbor, Washington,” July 12, 
1904. J. B. Flett. 
No. 3. Lich. Boreali-Amer., Cummings, etc. “Berkeley, Calif.” Apr. 11, 
1893. M. A. Howe. 
Ramalina linearis (Sw.) Ach. 
Synonymy: Lichen linearis Swartz, Linn. Meth. Muse, illus. 36. 1781. 
Ramalina linearis Ach. Lich. Univ. 598. 1810. 
Type: In the Riksmuseets Botaniska Afdelning herbarium, Stockholm. 
Another specimen is in the Linnean herbarium, Burlington House, London, fide 
author. 
Type locality: “Nova Zelandia.” 
Original description: “foliaceus erectus dichotomus, ramis linearibus 
divaricatis altere latere canaliculatis, peltio minutis marginalibus.” /. c. 
Figure: Swartz Lich. Plant. PI. 11, f. A-B, a. 1811. 
Diagnosis: Thallus caespitose, slender, linear, canaliculate, apothecia 
marginal, minute. Spores curved. 
Description: Thallus caespitose (max. length 8 cm.), subrigid, stramineous 
to virescent; cortex glabrous; laciniae compressed, canaliculate, slender, branched, 
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(max. diam. 2mm.), disk buff. Spores ellipsoid, curved, u- 
Contingent phases: ( a ) 
Margins slightly spinulous ( = 
R. linearis f. spinulosa Merr. 1 
1. c.). # 
Substratum: On trees. 
Distribution: Common in 
the Austral Zone in Cuba, Ja- 
maica, in Lower California, Mex- 
ico, and north to Los Angeles 
Co., California. 
Stations: California: Los 
Angeles Co.; San Diego. Mexico: Orizaba. Jamaica. San Domingo. 
Fig. 6. — Distribution of R. linearis. 
1 Type loc.: Jamaica. Orig. desc.: “Thallus attaining to 13 cm. in length, compressed, 
narrowed, canaliculate, linear and acuminate, pale straw colored, the secondary branches palest, 
as likewise the short filiform branchlets, with the major divisions present and clothed. Apothecia 
small, lateral, pedicellate, at length rather convex. Spores ellipsoid, straight, 13-17x7^.” 1. c. 
