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52. A. ochrodes. Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. minute, 
dark reddish-brown, rounded or oblong, numerous, somewhat con¬ 
vex. Spores ovoid, 4 locular, the upper cell larger, .016-18 by 
.006-7 mm. Reaction from blue vinous red.— Flora 1886, />. 104, 
{nowea.) Exs. Wright Cub., n. 135. — Cuba. 
53. A. ochraceella, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. reddish- 
brown, innate, linear, elongated, simple or sparingly branched. 
Spores ovoid, 5 locular, the upper cell larger, .032-36 by 016-18 
mm. Reaction from blue vinous red.— Flora 1886,/. 104, (nomen.) 
Exs. Wright Cub., n. 121.—Cuba. 
54. A. ochrospila, Nyl. Thallus thin, white, limited by a dark 
line. Apoth. reddish-brown, innate, linear, simple or sparingly 
branched. Spores ellipsoid, 4-6 locular, .045-58 by .018-23 mm - 
Reaction blue.— Flora 1886, p. 104, (nomen.) Exs. Wright Cub., 
n. 210.—Cuba. 
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55- A. Cascarillae, (F6e) Nyl. Thallus inconspicuous. Apoth. 
dark violet or brown, or obsoletely violaceous, innate, minute, nu¬ 
merous, rounded or difform. Spores oblong-ovoid, 4 locular, 014-16 
by .005 mm. Reaction blue then reddening. — Comocarpon Fee 
Ess.,p. 98 and t. 15, f. 4. Suppl., t. 42, f. 3. Nyl. Pin., p. 32, 
Flora 1885, p. 447, (descr.) “ Vix differens ab A. adspersam 
(Mont.) nisi apoth. minoribus simplicibus.” Mull. Arg. Graph. 
Fee, p. 53, (descr.) “ Sporae .015-17 long, .005-55 latae, oblongato- 
fusiformi-obovoideae, 4 loc., loculus summus reliquis mill to major.’ 1 
—Tropical. — A. Cascarillce (Fee) Leight. Gr. Brit., p. 394, judging 
by a specimen from himself, seems to belong elsewhere. 
56. A. Ravenelii, Tuck. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. dark- 
reddish-brown and blackening, minute, numerous, rounded or ob¬ 
long, plane, within paler. Spores in clavate thekes, oblong-ovoid, 
4-8 locular, .015-23 by .007-9 m ni., the upper cell larger. Reaction 
of the external parts of the apoth. blue, of the thekes vinous red. 
Texas in hb. Tuck., also in Jib. Eckfeldt, but with larger spores, 
.023-30 by .009-10 mm 
57. A. viridicans, n. sp. Thallus thin, green, limited, and now 
intersected by black lines. Apoth. dark brown or blackening, paler 
when wet, small, rounded or oblong, adnate, slightly convex. 
Spores ovoid, 4 locular, .013-15 by .005-6 mm. Reaction vinous 
red. — Texas, E. D. Mead, 1885. Sent to Nyl. under n. 73. 
58. A. compensate, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. dark 
reddish-brown, and finally blackening, rounded or elliptical, or more 
elongated and flexuous, plane, white pruinose, at length naked. 
