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 106 LICHENES ANTILLARUM A W. R. ELLIOTT OOLLEOTI. millim. Gonidia protococcoidea. Ad lignum putridum in Richmond Peak in St. Vincent (n. 262). 15. L. (Psora) breviuscula Nyl. ; Wain. /. c. 45. Ad corticem arboris in Bow- wood (800 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent (n. 135). Excipulum violaceo-fuscescenti-fuligineum, KHO non reagens, inferne rhizinis obdnctum aut pr. p. rhizinis destitiitum. Hypo- thecium pallidum vel sordide pallidum vel parte superiore dilute fuscescenti-pallidum, KHO non reagens. SporsB long. 0'005-0*006, crass. 0-0025 millim. 16. L. (Psora) corallina Eschw. ; Wain. /. c. 48. Ad corticem arboris in Richmond Peak (800 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent (n. 264). Verruculae thalli in isidia subteretia accrescentes. Hypothecium fulvescens, KHO intensius rufescens. SporaB long. O'009-O'Oll, crass. 0-002-0'0025 millim. Var. schizophyllodes Wain. Verruculae thalli in squamulas applanatas, 0*1 millim. latas accrescentes. Hypothallus nigricans. Hypothecium parte superiore fulvescenti-rufescens, parte inferiore rufescens, KHO non reagens. Sporse long. O'007-O-Oll, crass. 0*002 millim., fusiformi-oblongse. Ad corticem arboris in Richmond Peak (1000-2000 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent (n. 261). Thallo a L. corallina differt et analoga est L. furfuracecB f. scMzophyllcB Wain. l. c. 47. 17. L. (Biatora) ochrothelia, sp. n. Thallus crustaceus, tenuissimus, albido-glaucescens, continuus, aequalis. Apothecia adpressa, 0'7-0*4 millim. lata, convexa, immarginata, testaceo- pallida. Excipulum grosse parenchymaticum, pallidum, basi infima cyanescens. Hypothecium pallidum. Hymenium molle, ab hypo- thecio baud distincte limitatum, iodo baud reagens. Epithecium pallidum aut passim testaceum, tenue, KHO non reagens. Para- physes molles, in gelatinam fere dissolutas, parum distinctae. Asci clavati, membrana tenui, molli. Sporae abortu paucae, ellipsoideae et long. 0-010 et crass. 0*007 millim. aut globosae vel subglobosae et diam. 0*007-0-005 millim., decolores, simplices. Ad folia arboris in Dominica (cumn. 517) obvenit, at solum parcissime lecta. Epi- thecium fortuito gonidia protococcoidea contmet. Thallus gonidia protococcoidea continens. Planta insignis, et notis datis facile cognita, quamquam niniis parce lecta. Ab affini L. Trailiana Miill. Arg. Lich. Epiphyll. Sprue. 324, bene differt. 18. L. (Biatora) piperis (Spreng.) Nyl. f. erythroplaca (Fee) Krempelh. ; Wain. I. c. 53. Ad corticem arborum in Roseau Valley (n. 127), Morne Couronne (n. 168), et Basin Will (n. 354) in Dominica. f. denigrata Tuck, in Wright, Lich. Cub. n. 192. Apothecia disco pallescente, margine nigricante. Thallus variabilis, materia coccinea plus minusve abundante, aut superficie glaucescente. Ad corticem arboris in Morne Anglais in Dominica (n. 522). Etiam ad Rio de Janeiro in Brasilia a me lecta. f. canorujescens Wain. Habitu vix differens a L. canorubella (Nyl.) Wain, iiitud. Bres. ii. 61, at thallo passim parcissime ma- teriam coccineam continens et sporis crassioribus. Thallus glau-