46 
within pale. Spores clavate, 6 locular, the upper cell larger, .019-27 
by .0055-7 mm. Reaction of the hymenium vinous red; ot the ex¬ 
ternal parts adjacent, blue. — Flora 1886, p. 104 ( nomen. ) A par- 
astroidea Nyl. in Mull. Arg. Sched. Graph. Cub. But both these 
names have been anticipated in print. Exs. Wright Cub., n. 144 g. 
— Cuba. 
281. A. astrica, Tuck. Thallus white or ash-colored. Apoth. 
small, angular and oblong, plane, within pale. Spores oblong-ovoid, 
6-7 locular, the upper cell larger, .018-22 by .004-5 nun. Reac¬ 
tions as in the preceding. — Texas in hb. Tuck. The small fragment 
I possess is hardly sufficient to enable me to give a full description. 
Perhaps not different from the preceding. 
282. A. parastroidea, Lamy. Thallus thin, pale red, rimulose. 
Apoth. depressed, within pale reddish-brown. Spores oblong-ovoid, 
decolorate or pale brown, 4-5 locular, .015-16 by .006-7 mm. — Mt. 
Dore,p. 152. — France. 
283. A. snbastroidella, Nyl. Thallus inconspicuous. Apoth- 
minute, confusedly stellate, uneven. Spores ovoid-oblong, 4 locu¬ 
lar, .011-12 by .004-5 mm. Reaction of the thekes vinous red.— 
Flora 1885,/. 312. —On witch hazel, New Bedford. 
284. A. quintaria, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. substel- 
late, simpler than in A. radiata. Spores oblong-ovoid, club-shaped, 
4-8 locular, the upper cell larger, .018-29 by .007-11 mm. Reaction 
vinous red. — Flora 1885, p. 312.—On holly, New Bedford. New 
Jersey in hb. Eckfeldt. Florida, Miss Wilson, in hb. Sprague, and 
hb. Calkins. 
285. A. xylograpliica, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. ap- 
pressed, lanceolate-difform or substellate. Spores oblong-ovoid, 4 
locular, .012-15 by .004-5 mm - Reaction blue. — Flora 1885,/. 312. 
— On Vaccinium corymbosum. New Bedford, very rare. 
286. A. hamamelidis, Nyl. Similar to A. radiata, but the 4 
locular spores .011-12 by .004 mm. Reaction from blue dark vi¬ 
nous red. — Flora 1885, p. 447. — On witch hazel, New Bedford. 
287. A. Armoricana, Nyl. Similar to A. radiata, but the apoth. 
larger and more simple, somewhat confluent, plane. Spores 4 loc¬ 
ular. — Flora 1865 , p. 355. Leight. Gr. Brit.,p. 401. — Europe. 
288. A. ramosula, Nyl. Thallus thin, whitish ash-colored, 
limited by a black line. Apoth. brownish-black, appressed, plane, 
stellate-radiate-ramulose, now transversely diffract. Spores oblong- 
ovoid, 4 locular, brown, .016 by .005 mm. Reaction from blue vi¬ 
nous red.— Alger., p. 355, Chil., p. 170, Fr. Gall., p. 167. Ope- 
