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CUMMINGS 
54. Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd. 
Lichen cocciferus Linn/EUS, Spec. PI. 2 : 1151. 1753. 
Cladonia coccifera Willdenow, FI. Berol. 361. 1787.— SowERBY, Eng. Bot. t. 
2051. 
Alaska (Funston, 3) ; Broughton Strait (Trelease, 1336) ; Wrangell 
(Trelease, 1337); Sitka (Trelease, 1343); White Pass (Trelease, 
1332) ; summit of White Pass, 3000 ft. (Trelease, 626, 1332a, 
1332^) ; Point Gustavus, Glacier Bay (Coville and Kearney, 769) ; 
Popof Island (Kincaid, no number) ; Hall Island (Coville and Kear¬ 
ney, 2065) ; St. Paul Island (Trelease, 1342, 1342a) ; St. Matthew 
Island (Coville and Kearney, 2123) ; Port Clarence (Trelease, 1345) ; 
St. Michael (Setchell) ; Cape Nome (Setchell). Under the synonym 
C. cornucopioides (L.) Fr., Babington records its occurrence at 
Kotzebue Sound and makes this note: “ Very fine, fertile.” Under 
the same name Nylander credits it to St. Lawrence Island and Port 
Clarence, Rothrock to Port Althrop (Dr. Bean, collector), while 
Macoun states that it is common on St. Paul and St. George Islands. 
Very variable, many of the specimens sterile or with immature fruit. 
The specimen from Point Gustavus is infected with a small black 
fungus. 
55. Cladonia coccifera pleurota (Floerk.) Schaer. 
Capitularia pleurota Floerke, Beschr. Rothfr. Becherfl. 218. 1808. 
Cladonia coccifera pleurota Schaerer, Lich. Helv. Spic. 25. 1823. 
Virgin Bay (Trelease, 1346, sterile). Seward Peninsula (Collier). 
In Nylander’s list the species is credited to St. Lawrence Island and 
Port Clarence. 
56. Cladonia uncialis (L.) Web. 
Lichen uncialis Linnaeus, Spec. PI. 1153. 1753. 
Cladonia uncialis Webber in Wiggers, Prim. FI. Hols. 90. 1780, pr. p. — Sow- 
erby, Eng. Bot. t. 1247. 
Sitka (Trelease, 1243) ; Unalaska (Setchell); St. Lawrence Island 
(Trelease, 1250) ; Port Clarence (Trelease, 1255 ; Cole, no number) ; 
Reindeer Station, Port Clarence (James L. White) ; St. Michael 
(Setchell) ; Cape Nome (Setchell) ; Seward Peninsula (Collier). 
In addition to these stations, Babington credits it to Kotzebue Sound 
and Rothrock records its occurrence at Sitka and Kotzebue Sound. 
Under the synonym Ccnomyce uncialis Ach., Hooker and Arnott in¬ 
clude it in their list of species from Kotzebue Sound, while Nylander 
credits it to Port Clarence as Cladonia uncialis (Hoffm.). 
A widely distributed northern lichen. Most of the specimens are 
the form recognized by Tuckerman as var. adunca. Wainio, in his 
