238 LICHENS. 



and dry ; we found it crisp and brittle on the Cornish 

 cliffs where it seemed as careful as the Samphire to avoid 

 the reach of the high tides (L. confinis). Until we 

 have authority for locating these little plants among true 

 lichens, we will consider them lichen allies in the same 

 way as we associate the Lycopods with the Ferns, and the 

 Lungworts with the Mosses. 



