42 
Hepp. Exs., 7i. 560. Arnold, in Flora 1884,/. 649, gives A. pop- 
ulina Mass, as a distinct species, with A. ilici 7 ia Tayl. as a synonym, 
A. oleandri Rab. and A. microscopica Ehrh. as forms, and refers to 
Norrl. )i. 234, called A. punctifor 7 nis. Ach. Sy 7 i., p. 75, queries 
whether his opegrapha epipasta is distinct from A. pU 7 ictifor 7 iiis. 
Yar. quadriseptata, Old. Spores 5 locular, .022-25 by .006 mm. 
— Preuss.,p. 41, Ar 7 i. Flora 1872,/. 572. — Europe. 
Yar. subeminula, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. rounded 
or oblong, somewhat prominent, plane. Spores .014-17 by .006-7 
mm. Reaction vinous red.— Flora 1876,/. 284. — Egypt. 
Yar. regularis, (Ach.) Nyl. 171 lilt. Stitz. Helv ., 71. 1101. 
Exs. A)iz. La7ig, 71. 208. A. obscura var. Ach. hb. —Europe. — Not 
seen. 
262. *A. parallelula, Norm. Apoth. from rounded linear- 
oblong, commonly somewhat parallel. Spores commonly a little 
smaller than in A. punctifor 77 iis.—Nor v eg., p . 32.—Norway. 
263. *A. boreella, Wain. Thallus inconspicuous. Apoth. very 
minute, maculaeform, rounded or difform, erumpent, plane. Spores 
oblong-ovoid, 4 locular, .014-17 by .005-7 mm. Reaction from blue 
vinous red.— Adju/n. PI, p. 160. Lapland. 
264. A. epipastoides, Nyl. Apoth. small, irregularly linear, 
rarely liexuous-difiform, when young punctiform. Spores .016-23 by 
.005-7 mm. Reaction vinous red. — flora 18 73, p. 206, Arn. Flora 
1881, p. 254, who thinks it is A. p 7 i 7 ictifor 7 /iis v. 7 nicroscopica , and 
refers to Nyl. flora 1863,/. 79. Opegrapha epipasta Ach. and A. 
astroidea v. epipasta Nyl. Arth. p. 96, Pr. Gall. p. 166, who also 
refers here A. tynnocarpa Ach. Syn., p. 6, A. q7ierci7ia and querci- 
cola Chev. Par., p. 544, A. celtidis Mass, and A. epipasta Ixight .— 
Europe.—An Illinois specimen in hb. Tuck, marked “A. astroidea 
v. epipasta, sp. 2, 3-4 loc.,” seems to belong here, as well as Cali¬ 
fornia specimens in hb. Sprague; and Nyl. has referred here speci¬ 
mens from New Bedford. As to “A. epipastoides Nyl. 11 Leight. 
Grevillea, 1872, p. 59, a7id t. 4, f. 8, see under A. gregaria. 
Yar. galaetitella, Nyl. With the aspect of A. galactites, but 
differing in the spores and reaction. — Flora 1873, P• 2 °6-—Pyrenees. 
265. A. stenospora, Mull. Arg. Thallus inconspicuous. Apoth. 
suborbicular or oblong, obsoletely angulose, semi-immersed, convex, 
at first veiled by the thallus. Spores subfusiform, 4 locular, .014-27 
by .0025-35 mm - Reaction blue. — Flora 1872,/. 503, where it is 
said to be near A. punciifor 7 /iis, and to differ from A. betulicola. 
Mass. Descr., p. 22, t. 3 f. 1-8 in more regular not acutely angulose 
apoth., and the outline of the spores. — Switzerland. 
