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LICHENES ANTILLARUM A W. R. ELLIOTT COLLECTI
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Dominica (n. 496) et ad lignum putridum in monte St. Andrews (2000 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent. Sterilis.

3. C. Fimbriata (L.) Fr. var. borbonica (Del.) Wain. Men. Clad. ii. 343, 344. Ad lignum putridum in Layon Park (800-1000 ped. s. m.), n. 112, et in Prince Empert Town in Dominica et in monte St. Andrews (2000 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent (n. 82, pr. p.). 2. LEcroEA. 1. L. (Bacidia) medialis Tuck. ; Wain. Etud. Bres. ii. 17. Ad corticem arborum in Kingstown (n. 253) et Coles Hill in St. Vincent. 2. L. (Bilimbia) andita Nyl. Fl. 1864, 620; Wain. Etud. Bres. ii. 24. L. andesita Nyl. in Hue, Lich. Exot. (1892) 197. In rupe ad Bath Estate (n. 134 et 150) et in Souffriere (n. 147) in Dominica. Hypothecium fulvescens aut fulvescenti-pallidum aut testaceo- rufescens. f. pluriseptata Wain. Sporae demum 8-9-septat8B. Supra ru- pem ad Fort Charlotte in St. Vincent. Apothecia demum convexa. Hypothecium fulvescens aut rufescenti-fulvescens. Hymenium iodo intense caerulescens, dein partim violacee obscuratum. Sporae fusi- formes, altero apice angustiore, apicibus acutis aut obtusiusculis, long. 0"023-0-030, crass. 0-005-0006 millim. Var. suBxMEDiALis Wain. Corticola. Sporae fusiformes aut oblongo-fusiformes, altero apice rotundato et altero angustato et acutiusculo, long. 0023-0-013, crass. 0-006-0-003 millim., 5-8- septatae. Hymenium iodo intense persistenterque caerulescens. Hypothecium pallidum aut fulvescens, KHO non reagens. Apo- thecia plana aut demum convexiuscula. Thallus rimoso-areolatus, areolis granulato-inaequalibus. Intermedia est inter L. AjidUam et L. medialem, at reactione hymenii et forma sporarum magis cum priore congruens. Ad corticem arboris in Kingstown in St. Vincent (n. 252, pr. p., cum L. mediali). 3. L. (Bilimbia) dominicana, sp. n. Thallus tenuis, asqualis, subcontinuus, glauco-virescens. Apothecia adpressa, 0-6-0-3 millim. lata, disco piano planiusculove, fusco aut rufo, nudo, margine tenui, persistente, albido, laevigato. Hypothecium rubescenti- aut ful- vescenti-rufescens, KHO non reagens. Hymenium arete cohaerens, circ. 0-070-0-085 millim. crassum, iodo intense persistenter caeru- lescens. Epithecium passim pallidum. Paraphyses numerosae, capillares, simplices. Asci clavati, circ. 0-012 millim. crassi, membrana sat tenui. Sporae 8nae, aciculari- fusiformes, altero apice rotundato obtusove, altero attenuato, aut apicibus ambobus attenuatis, long. 0-014-0-024, crass. 0-0025-0-0035 millim., de- colores, 3-7-septatae, haud constricts. Ad folia arborum in Dominica (cum n. 517). Hypothallus indistinctus. Excipulum ex hyphis radiantibus formatum conglutinatis, cellulis oblongis aut ellipsoideis, mediocribus, parenchymaticis, pallidum, basi partim fuscescens, KHO non reagens. Habitu Pilocarpum leucoblepharum in memoriam revocat. 4. L. (Bilimbia) moUissiseformis, sp. n. Thallus evanescens,