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Var. HYPO ME LA Tuck. 
Negros, Bago, Hacienda Louisiana, Merrill 6801. Ad corticem Pithe- 
colobii dulcis. Ster. 
3. P. PICTA (Sw.) Nyl. 
Luzon, Prov. Tayabas, Atimonan, Merrill 3997 p. p. Guimaras, Merrill 
6721. Ad corticem Cocoes nuciferae. 
3. PYXINE Fries 
1. P. ENDOLEUCA (Muell.-Arg.) Wain. Lich. Ruwenzori 42; Catal. Welw. 
Afr. PI. Lich. 412. 
P. Meissneri var. eyidoleuca Muell.-Arg. Lich. Beitr. (1879) no. 118, 
1492; Prim. FI. Costaric. 55; Hue, Lich. Extra-Eur. no. 354. 
Thallus superne glaucescens aut albido-glaucescens, sat laevi- 
gatas aut leviter reticulato-rugulosus rimulosusve, isidiis et sore- 
diis destitutus, intus albidus, KHO neque superne nec intus 
reagens, laciniis circ. 1-0.2 mm latis, continuis, radiantibus, con- 
tiguis, parce confluentibus, subtus obscuratis, rhizinis brevibus, 
concoloribus. Apothecia circ. 1.3-1 mm lata, baud diu excipulo 
thallode instructa, mox lecideina et extus tota nigra. Excipu- 
lum proprium extus fuligineum (superne aeruginoso-fuligineum, 
inf erne fusco-fuligineum), KHO violascens, intus albidum aut di- 
lute intenseve rufescens, KHO violascens. Hypothecium superne 
fuscescens, interne rufescens, KHO violascens. Epithecium 
aeruginoso-fuligineum, KHO violascens. Sporae 8-nae, distichae, 
fuscescentes aut fumosae, fusiformi-oblongae aut ellipsoideae 
oblongaeve, apicibus obtusis aut rotundatis, membrana inae- 
qualiter incrassata, in apicibus et in septo bene incrassata, long. 
0.013-0.020, crass. 0.006-0.008 mm. Magis affinis est P. dis- 
sectae (Fee), quam P. Meissneri. 
Cavilli (mare Suluense), Merrill 7183 p. p. Ad corticem arboris 
frondosae. 
2. P. DiSSECTA (Fee) Wain. Addit. Lich. Antill. 
P. cocoes Nyl. Lich. Exot. 255 (neque Sw., nec Malme, nec Hue). 
Thallus albidus aut glaucescenti-albidus, sorediosus, KHO ne- 
que superne nec intus reagens. Medulla alba. Apothecia lecid- 
eina, juvenilia baud zeorina. Sporae uniseptatae, membrana 
inaequaliter incrassata, long. 0.016-0.018, crass. 0.006-0.007 mm. 
Excipulum extus aeruginoso-fuligineum, KHO violascens, intus 
albidum. Hypothecium parte superiore vinose rubens, parte 
inferiore fulvo-rufescens, KHO violascens. Epithecium aerugi- 
noso-fuligineum, KHO violascens. Apotheciis mox lecideinis et 
