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those plants that had seemingly become extinct for 

 many years, and the botanist, therefore, should care- 

 fully explore those woods as the season advances, 

 where such falls of underwood have taken place. It 

 sometimes happens, too, that rare or peculiarly fine 

 specimens of lichens may be met with on the trunks 

 or upper branches of felled trees, which of course 

 were not attainable while in their plenitude of strength 

 they lifted up their heads to heaven, and spread their 

 branches high in air to a wide extent around. Cryp- 

 togarnic botany still claims much attention, while the 

 flowering tribes are as yet far from numerous. The 

 Scypliopliori, or Cup-Mosses, especially put on a flou- 

 rishing aspect about this time, and give a verdigris 

 tint to old stumps and the bases of moist rocks. 



