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VII. LICHENES. 
[. 'Nephroma . 
lobed, crenate ; below smooth, of the same colour, with pale margins or alto- 
gether pale. Apothecia reddish, longitudinally divided. — Nyland. Synops. 
Lich. 318. 
Banks’s Peninsula, 3 ombron, on bark. 
§ 2. Nephromium, Nylander. — Stratum of green granules in moniliform filaments. 
3. N. laevigatum, Ach. — N. resupinatum, var. rufum , Bab. in FI. N. Z. ii. 
272. Thallus livid, chesnut-brown, lobed or laciniate, toothed and imbricate, 
pale and glabrous below. Apothecia red-brown, border crenulate and fim- 
briate. — Nephromium , Nyland. Synops. Lich. 320. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso and Lyall. (Europe, N. America, Chili, 
S. Africa, Java.) 
4. N. cellulosum, Ach. Thallus livid, chesnut-brown, reticulately foveo- 
late and laciniate, 2^ in. broad, lobed, beneath white, glabrous and bullate. 
Apothecia rufous. — Nephromium , Nyland. Synops. Lich. 321. 
New Zealand, {Nylander.) (Tasmania, Fuegia, Juan Fernandez.) 
5. N. Lyallii, Bab. in FI. N. Z. ii. 272. t. 127 A. Thallus livid, brown, 
with a broad bluish margin, membranous, shining beneath, pale and rugulose ; 
lobes laciniate. Apothecia pale red, with toothed fimbriate margins. — Ne- 
phromium, Nyland. Synops. Lich. 322. 
Northern Island, Colenso. Middle Island, Lyall. 
16. PELTIGERA, Ach. 
Thallus prostrate, dilated, foliaceous, membranous, fragile, lobed, upper 
surface often shining, under spongy, with broad veins. Apothecia marginal 
on the upper surface of the lobes of the frond. 
A genus of about 8 alpine arctic and temperate Lichens, unknown in tropical climates. 
1. P. rufescens, Hoffm. ; — Bab. in FI. N. Z. ii. 324. Thallus small, 
pale reddish or ashy ; margin crisped beneath, pale below, with white root- 
lets ; veins often obscure or brown. — Nyland. Synops. Lich. 325. 
Var. spuria. P. canina, var. spuria , Bab. in FI. N. Z. ii. 324. — Thallus digitately 
lobed. 
Common throughout the Northern and Middle islands. (Cosmopolite.) 
2. P. polydactyla, Hoffm. ; — Bab. in Fl. N. Z. ii. 324. Thallus pale, 
livid brown or glaucous, shining, smooth or impressed ; beneath white, reticu- 
lated with brown nerves ; fertile lobes narrow. Apothecia on ascending pro- 
longed lobes. — Nyland. Synops. Lich. 326. 
Throughout the Northern and Middle islands, and in Campbell's Island. (Cos- 
mopolite.) 
17. STICTA, Ach. 
Thallus prostrate, spreading from a centre, foliaceous, lobed or laciniate, 
often very large, leathery, membranous or brittle; upper surface shining or 
smooth, often bearing soredia; white yellow or green internally; lower sur- 
face spongy or fibrous, rarely smooth, usually furnished with white or yellow 
