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Ramalina calicaris (L.) Nyl Mon. Ram. p. 33. 
Lichen calicaris L. Sp. Plant, (1753) p. 1146. 
Compare Dill. Hist. Muse. pi. 23. f. 62, cited by Linnaeus. 
No reaction noted with KHO 
This is R. calicaris Fr. var. canaliculata Fr. of Tuckerman’s Synopsis. 
Distinguishable by its channelled laciniae, these being sometimes simple, 
narrow, and linear with few lateral branches, or flexuous and di-trichotom- 
ously much branched, The apothecia are marginal or terminal, in the lat- 
ter case usually spurred. Spores straight, oblong-ellipsoid, 11-14 X \~in- 
This plant is often mistakenly referred to R. rigida. 
Ramalina calicaris var. subampliata Nyl. Mon. Ram. p. 34. 
Laciniae from narrow to sometimes broad (1 cm.), irregularly divided, 
and often lacerate, the surface rugose, darker in color than the type. 
Apothecia marginal, terminal or superficial. Spores straight, 10-17 X 4-7/^* 
Commonly identified in this country as R. calicaris fraxinea Fr. D. N. A. 
Lich. No. 222 is so referred, likewise Macoun’s Canadian Lichens No. 12. 
The late Prof. E. E. Bogue distributed the plant as var .fraxinea. Exam- 
ined from Noroton, Ct., Mrs. Lowe; Milwaukee, Wis., Dr. Sherman; Cam- 
eron, La., Mr. Cocks; and vicinity of Baltimore, Md., Mr. Plitt, Nos. 3, 53, 
and 53a. 
Ramalina calicaris var. subfastigiata Nyl. Mon. Ram. p. 34. 
Resembling both the type and R. fastigiata. The apothecia terminal 
and often without the spur. Spores straight (in R. fastigiata curved) 
12-17 X 4 -6/*. No. 5 L. B. A, belongs here and the plant is found in Knox 
Co., Maine. I have as yet seen no R. fastigiata (sensu Nyl.) from Ameri- 
can sources. 
Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. L. U. p. 606. 
Lichen farinaceus L. FI. Suec. 2nd ed. p. 1089. 
This is R. calicaris v. farinacea Schaer. of Tuckerman’s Synopsis. 
Only once seen with apothecia in a specimen collected in Knox Co., Maine, 
by the writer. It is a plant of common occurrence in temperate regions 
with several distinct aspects or modes of growth. Only one will be particu- 
larized here and that; 
Ramalina farinacea forma latus Merrill in litt. 
Collected on San Juan Island, Wash., by Mr. S. A. Foster, No. 559. The 
form is characterized by extremely broad laciniae (9 mm.),. with the soredia 
marginal and terminal. In the specimens examined the laciniae attain a 
length of 4 cm. only, and the peculiar condition is probably due to its 
growth in an excessivelv moist situation. 
Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. L. U. p. 602. 
Lichen fraxineus L. FI. Suec. 2nd ed. p. 1091. 
Only one American specimen of this species has been examined, col- 
lected by Prof. B. Fink on trees at Red Lake; Minn. The specimens are 
leaf-like- and referable to the form monophylla Crombie. Grevillea VII (1879) 
p. 141. Spores curved, 15 X 6.5 /a. 
