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grapha scripta DR. Alger., p. 281. Algiers, Chili. In Nyl. Arth., 
p. 97, the name is spelled ramulosa. 
289. A. stellaris, Kph. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. linear, 
stellate-radiate. Spores oblong-ovoid, 4-6 locular .014-19 by .005-6 
mm. Reaction vinous red or violet.— Lich. Bay., p. 296.— Conian- 
gmm albellum Zzv. Exs., n. 358 .fide Almq.,p. 21.—Europe. 
290. A. radians. Mull. Arg. Thallus thin, greyish-white, effuse. 
Apoth. stellate-ramose, the branches often acuminate, and depressed 
in the middle, spuriously margined, the disk at length obsoletely 
pallescent, the hypothecium pale. Spores oblong-obovoid, 4 locu¬ 
lar, the upper cell larger, .020 by .005-6 mm.— Parag., p. 26.— 
Paraguay. 
291. A. tenuissima, Mull. Arg. Thallus thin, white, or evanes¬ 
cent. Apoth. iirellate, substellate-ramose, commonly few branched, 
the branches short, rather straight, slightly prominent. Spores 
cylindrical-obovoid, 4 locular, the upper cell larger, .016-18 by 
.006-7 mm.— Beitr., n. 1450.—Trinidad Islands. 
292. A. ramulosa, Kn. and Mitt. Thallus dull white, very- 
thin. Apoth. superficial, black with a dark brown base and sides, 
much branched, bordered by a narrow undulating line. Spores 3 
septate, [4 locular,] oblong or obovate, brown, the upper cell larg¬ 
est, measuring from 0,00020 to 0,00015 of an inch. Apoth. more 
branched than those of A. astroidea Ach., and more prominent.— 
N Zeal., p. 105, and t. 1232.—New Zealand.—Not mentioned 
in Nyl. N. Zeal. 1888. 
293. A. indistincta, Kn. and Mitt. Thallus ash-colored. Ap¬ 
oth. linear-difform, subramose, or smaller and subnebulose. Spores 
ellipsoid, brown or decolorate, 4 locular, .026-28 by .010-11 mm. 
Reaction vinous red.— N. Zeal.,p. 105, and t. 12, f. 30, Nyl. N. 
Zeal. (1888,) p. 120.—New Zealand. 
294. A. subvelata, Nyl. Thallus thin, white. Apoth. macular- 
submoniliform, or vaguely substellate-difform, small, uneven, com¬ 
monly veiled by the thallus, within dark. Spores oblong-ovoid, 4-7 
locular, .013-18 by .0045-65 mm. Reaction from blue vinous red. 
— Flora 1869 , p. 72.—Bengal. 
295. A. torulosa, F6e, Nyl. Thallus olive-brown, bordered by 
a dark line. Apoth. short-stellate-radiate, slender, plane, within 
dark, the hypothecium blackish-brown. Spores cylindrical-obovoid, 
6 locular, the upper cell and often the lower one larger, .013-16 by 
.005-6 mm.— Art ho m a f Pdc Ess., p. 55 ’ u,nd t. 49, f. 13 Ins. Co- 
niocarpon? ibid. Suppl., p. 100, andt. 24 ,f. 1. Nyl. En.,p. 133. 
Mull. Arg. Graph. Fee, p. 58. A. polymorpha v. substellata Fie 
