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49a 128. Lejoph. 5. IDIOTHALAME^. Fl. cell. aph.
bottom in the thallus ; perithecia double ; the exterior rather
cartilaginous, thick, hard, halved, with a nipple or
opening above; the interior very thin, membranaceous,
entirely enclosing a nearly globular, vesicular, cellular
nucleus.
1. Lejophlea puncl'iformis. Dotlike smooih-'inoss.
Crust very thin, rather regular, smooth, brownish ; apo-
iJiecia small, hemispherical, nearly globular ; raoutlis
scarcely open ; nucleus globular, white.
Lichen punctiformls, Achar. Prod. 18; Engl. Bot. 2412.
Veirucaria puucliformis, Acliar. Meth. 119: Lich, 27-1.
On smooth bai'ks of trees.
2. Lejophlea analepta. Strengthening smooih-moss.
Crust membranaceous, rather irregular, shining, olive;
apothecia nearly sessile, scattered, hemispherical, conoid,
nipplelike; nucleus compressed, nearly membranaceous,
white.
Lichen analeptus, ^cA«r. Pj-0(7. 15; Engl. Bot. i8i8.
Verrucaria olivacea, Persoonin Uster Ann. 7,28.
Verrucaria analepta, Achar. Meth. 119; Lich. 275.
On bark of trees, especially beeches.
3. Lejophlea stigynatella. Small-dot smooih-moss.
Crust thin, cartilaginous, membranaceous, smooth, growing
cracked, whitish ; apothecia small, hemispherical, crowded,
nearly confluent ; mouths extremely small ; nucleus
globular, greyish.
Lichen stigmatellus, Achar. Prod. 15 ;
Verrucaria cinerea, Persoon in Ust. Ann. 7, 28.
Verrucaria stigmaiella, Achar. Meth. 117 ; Lich. 276.
On the smooth bark of trees.
Engl. Bot. 1891.
4. Lejophlea gemmata. Gemmed smooih-moss.
Crust spreading, thin, smooth, silvery white ; apothecia
scattered, hemispherical, nipplelike, shining; nucleus ^obular,
transparent.
Lichen melaleucus, Engl. Bot. 24fi.
Verrucaria alba, Schrad. Germ. 109,
Verrucaria melaleuca, ^c^ar. il/e