all its glossy beauty. It was only in this last year (1879), after very diligent research, that I succeeded in obtaining good fruiting specimens of this plant. P.S.—Specimens of all the Plants described in this Paper have been forwarded with it to the Manager of the New Zealand Institute, for the Herbarium of the Colonial Museum, Wellington.
Art. LV.—Contribution to the Lichenographia of New Zealand. By Charles Knight, F.L.S. Plates XII. and XIII. [Read, before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st February, 1880.] 1. Sticta amphisticta, Kn. Thallus pallido-ochro-fuscescens aut passim hepatico-fuscescens ambitum versus sæpe fuscus mediocris lævis parum rigescens, supra punctis albis sparsis pseudo-cyphelloideis minutis conspersus, laciniato-divisus, laciniis subcaniculatis varie lobatis v. grosse sinuato-crenatis, apice dichotomis v. obtusis; subtus ochro-fuscus aut pallido-fuscescens medio fuscotomentosus; cyphellæ urceolatæ pallidæ, margine sæpe prominulo; cephalodia concoloria minuta parca. Apothecia sparsa badio-rufa, margine tenui crenulato pallido aliquando integro. Sporæ incolores v. dilute luteolæ oblongo-fusiformes v. oblongæ, 1–3-septatæ, longit. ·026, crassit. ·007 mm. Ad cortices. 2. Sticta episticta, Nyl. Thallus ochroleucus v. pallido-ochraceo-fuscescens mediocris vix nitidiusculus, supra punctis albis pseudo-cyphelloideis minutis sparsis conspersus, laciniatus, laciniis varie lobato-divisis subcaniculatis ambitu minute crenatis passim ibi laciniatulo-dissectis v. fere isidiosis; subtus ochraceus puberulus subnudus medio fusco-tomentosus, cyphellis parvis urceolatis perpaucis v. nullis pallidis, cephalodiis concoloris minutis parcis. Apothecia rara v. rarissima badio-rufa margine thallino crenulato v. leviter denticulato-inæquali cincta. Sporæ incolores v. dilute luteolæ oblongofusiformes v. oblongæ, 1–3-septatæ, longit. ·03, crassit. ·007 mm. Ad cortices. 3. Pannaria atrofumosa, Kn. Thallus cæruleo-olivaceus v. atro-fumosus squamulosus diffracto-areolatus, squamulis minutis concavis crenato-orbiculatis ambitu minutissime granulosis v. furfuribus, hypothallo atro late marginatus. Apothecia innata