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CUMMINGS 
rence Island is well fruited, the others are sterile. The variety has 
been reported from St. Paul Island by Macoun and from Port Clarence 
by Nylander ; and under the synonym Parmelia tartarea frigida it is 
recorded by Babington as collected at Kotzebue Sound. 
100. Lecanora tartarea pterulina Nyl. 
Lecanora tartarea pterulina Nylander, Lich. Fr. Behr. 44. 1888. 
Kadiak (Trelease, 870) ; Hall Island (Trelease, 869, 1017; Coville 
and Kearney, 2064) ; St. Matthew Island (Brewer and Coe, 678). 
The specimens are very fine. The one from Kadiak was growing 
on dead herbaceous spermatophytes. The material examined by Ny¬ 
lander was collected on St. Lawrence Island. Dr. Lindsay, in his 
Observations upon West Greenland Lichens, gives an interesting 
account of the variation of L. tartarea as exhibited by the Greenland 
specimens. 
101. Lecanora pallescens (L.) Schaer. 
Lichen pallescens Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 2: 1142. 1753. 
Lecanora pallescens Schaerer, Enum. 78. 1850.— Hoffm. Plant. Lich. t. 21. 
f. 2 a, b. 
Broughton Strait, Vancouver Island (Trelease, 851). On dead wood. 
The other Alaskan records are Sheep Creek (Dr. Cooley) ; Chuga- 
chik Bay, Cook Inlet (Rothrock) ; and Port Clarence (Nylander). 
102. Lecanora varia (Ehrh.) Ach. 
Lichen varius Ehrhart, Plant. Crypt. Dec. 7: n. 68. 1785. 
Lecatiora varia Acharius, L. U. 377. 1810.— Sowerby, Eng. Bot. t. 1666. 
Chichagof Bay (Palache, 925) ; Sitka (Trelease, 810, S22 a) ; Kadiak 
(Trelease, 899 in part) ; Port Clarence (Trelease, S90 in part, 939 in 
part) ; Whale Island, St. Michael (Setchell). Specimens are on bark 
of Almis oregona , on dead wood and on rock. Mixed with this spe¬ 
cies are Bttellia geographical 11 . myriocarpa, Lecanora atrosulphu- 
rca , and Parmelia saxatilis omphalodes. New to Alaska. 
Though new to Alaska, it has been reported by Rothrock from 
Plover Bay, Siberia, collected by Dr. Bean. 
103. Lecanora varia intricata (Acli.) Nyl. 
Lecanora intricata Acharius, L. U. 380. 1810. 
Lecanora varia intricata Nylander, Lich. Scand. 164. 1861. 
Kadiak (Trelease, 900 in part) ; Port Clarence (Trelease, 939 in 
part, 940). Mixed with Pitellia geographica , P. ?nyriocarpa, Le¬ 
canora varia and L. privigna revertens , Pertusaria communis , and 
Partnelia saxatilis omphalodes. New to Alaska. Reported from 
Konyam Bay by Nylander. 
An alpine and arctic species. 
