Vol. XVII 
THE 
BRYOLOGIST 
May 1914 
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS RAM ALINA. —PART V 
R. Heber Howe, Jr. 
Key to the Myelopoeae (concluded) and to the Ciliatae. 
Thallus black-ciliate crinita 
Thallus eciliate 
Thallus papillo-tuberculate 
Laciniae compressed 
Subcanaliculate 
KOH — (?) complanata 
KOH + (?) denticulata 
Canaliculate KOH+ v. canalicularis 
Laciniae terete or torulose 
Apothecia small (entire), lateral. KOH+ attenuata 
Apothecia large (radiate), subterminal. 
KOH —(?)... Willeyi 
Thallus not papillo-tuberculate, striate gracilis 
04 ) Cortex tuberculate, compressed. 
Ramalina complanata (Sw.) Ach. 
Synonymy: Lichen ( Physcia ) complanatus Swartz, FI. Ind. occid. 3 : 1911. 
1806. 
Ramalina complanata Ach. Lich. Univ. 599. 1810. 
Type: In the Acharian Herbarium, Universitetets Botaniska Institution, 
Helsingfors, fide Dr. Fred. Elfving. The type seems evidently to have been 
sent to Acharius, as it is not in the Riksmuseets Botaniska Afdelning, Stockholm, 
fide Dr. C. Lindman. 
Type Locality: “ Jamaicensium.” 
Original Description: “ cartilagineus erectus laciniato-ramosus planus 
pallidus; scutellis sparsis urceolatus concoloribus; glomerulis punctiformibus 
marginalibus albis.” 1 . c. 
Figure: Swartz, Lich. Amer. PI. io, figs. A-C, a-h. 1811. 
Diagnosis: Thallus caespitose, compressed , subrigid, striate , papillate , 
apothecia marginal, spores curved. (KOH — ?) 
Description: Thallus caespitose (max. length 5 cm.), subrigid, stramine- 
ous to virescent; cortex striate and (margins) papillate; laciniae linear, compressed, 
often canaliculate (max. width 4 mm.), dichotomous, apices attenuate, subterete. 
The March number of The Bryologist was published March 24, 1914. 
