CRYPTOGAMIA. LF 
gs to this family. It is also termed Secale cornutum, «+ 
ins of Rye, Spurred Rye, Sclerotium clavus of De Can- 
lle, Acinula cluvus, &e. See Graminezx. 
Officinal Plants. — Boletus igniarius. 
Acinula clavus. 
Poisonous Propertres.—Many of the Fungi are poi- 
Sonous, and some that are used as articles of diet occasionally 
Acquire poisonous properties. M. Braconnot analyzed many’ 
of this family, and found in some a saccharine matter, an 
acrid resinous matter, a volatile principle of a similar cha- 
eter, and fungin. M. Letellier found in some a narcotic 
‘Principle of a very poisonous nature, which he called amani- 
fine. They may be placed among the narcotico-acrid poi- 
‘sons. In some parts of Russia, the Amanita muscaria is 
used as an intoxicating agent, being dried, made into a kind 
bolus, and swallowed without being chewed. The follow- 
are the most dangerous of the Fungi: 
Amanita muscaria (Agaricus muscarius).* 
on venenosa (Agaricus bulbosus). 
Agaricus annularius. 
oon debe’ olearius. 
ORDER II. 
LICHENES.—LICHENS. 
art of the Alge, of Juss. and Linn.—Lichenes, and part of the 
Hypoxyla, De Cand. and Grev. 
Cuaracters.—Membranaceous or gelatinous masses. 
ar tissue, often dry and hevay's some are spread 
