Vol. XVII 
March 1914 
No. 2 
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS RAMALINA.— PART IV 
R. Heber Howe, Jr. 
Ramalina fastigiata var. subampliata (Nyl. emend.) comb. nov. 1 
Synonymy: Ramalina calicaris var. subampliata Nyl. Recog. mono. Ram. 
132. [34]. 1870. 
Ramalina calicaris var. fraxinea Fr., of most American authors. 
Type: In the Nylander herbarium, Universitetets Botaniska Institution, 
Helsingfors, fide author. 
Type locality: "Gallia,” etc. Corsica. Bonifacio, Oleicola. Dec. 1877. 
Original description: "thalli laciniis latioribus (latit. circiter 6-12 mm., 
altit. 5-10 centim.) et facie jam Ramalinae fraxineae jamve fastigiatae , sporis 
vero rectis mox distincta.” 1. c. 
Figure: PL II, f. 1. 
Diagnosis: Phallus caespitose, compressed, lobate, subrigid, apothecia lateral, 
spores straight. 
Description: Thallus caespitose (max. length 4 cm.) subrigid, virescent 
to dark virescent; cortex glabrous, rugose, lacunose; laciniae lacerate-lobate, 
compressed (max. width 1 cm.), simple or subsimple, apices obtuse. Apothecia 
common, lateral and marginal, concave or convex, marginate at length immar- 
ginate (max. diam. 3 mm.), disk buff. Spores ellipsoid, straight, 
Contingent phases: ( a ) Abraded and 
blackening. ( b ) With minute transverse laciniolae. 
Substrata: On trees and old wood. 
Distribution: Uncommon in the Upper 
Austral and Transition zones from New Hamp- 
shire to North Dakota south to Louisiana and 
Florida. The abbe Hue records it from Lower 
California. 
Stations: Vermont: Colchester. Massa- 
chusetts: Berkshire; Worcester. District of 
Columbia: Rock Creek. Virginia: Lyonhurst. 
Florida. Louisiana: St. Martinsville. Mis- 
souri: Emma. Kansas: Douglas Co. Iowa: 
Fayette Co.; Wallingford; Bremer Co.; Decatur Co.; La Port. Illinois: Wau- 
conda; Canton; White Heath; Farmington; Kane. Michigan: Mackinac 
Island. Ohio: Cincinnati; Georgeville; Painesville. 
1 See Key at beginning of Part III, Bryologist, January 1914, for R. fastigiata var. sub- 
ampliata and R. canaliculata. 
The January Number of The Bryologist was published Feb. 7, 1914. 
Fig. 1. — Distribution of Rama- 
lina fastigiata var subampliata . 
