PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 2T 



upon the gronnd, tliis liclien supplies tlie reindeer witli food. It 

 is used as a dye. Liud., IS'at. Syst. 



Alectorla iisneoides. 



This plant, from the gelatine it contains, will answer the place 

 of the Iceland moss. Lind., I^at. Syst. 329. 



Isidium Westringii. Ach. 



IS^ow considered a monstrosity, like Lepraria. (II. "W. R.) 

 Used in dyeing. Lind., ISTat. Syst. 329. 



Reindeer Claydonia, or 

 Reindeer Moss. Moors, 

 heaths, and mountains. S. 



Claydonia rangeferhia, Hoifm 



Cenomyce " Ach. 



Lichen rangeferinus^ Linn. j C. (H. "W". R.) and ISTorth- 



(_ wards. Tuck. 



Several species are employed as dyes. It is this which, for 

 the greater part of the year, especially in w^inter, is the support 

 of the vast herds of reindeer, wherein consist all the wealth of 

 the Laplanders. It covers wide extent of countries ; and these 

 creatures can by penetrating the snow obtain their food. See 

 Flora Lapponica, where Linneeus's beautiful description is given. 

 Hooker's Eng. Flora. "M. Fee assures us," remarks Merat, 

 " that it may serve also as a nourishment for man, by depriving 

 it of its bitter property by sulhcient washing." Coms. d'Hist. 

 ISTat. Pharm. i. 177. And Fabricius, that the Icelanders make 

 from it a nourishing jelly, by washing with water and cooking it 

 with milk. Voyage, i. 99 ; M. & De L., Diet, de M. Med. iv. 

 105. 



Claydonia tmcialis, Hooker, C. Eng. ) C. imcialis, Fr. 'N. 



Cenomyce " Ach. f C. and Canada. Tuck. 



Macerated with cpiicklime and urine, it gives a gray color. 

 Frost., Liste de la PI. de la Lozere ; M. & De L., Diet, de M. M. 

 iv. 107. 



Scypho2)horus jpymidatus. 



Claydonia jpyxidata^ Schoer Lich. .Heathy places on moors 

 Cenomice 2yyxidata, Aoh. ^jn. f and dry woods. S. Car., 



Jlelv. Sjncil. J H.W.R.,andN'd. Tuck. 



Formerly employed by Willis as a remedy in whooping- 

 cough. Crypt. Eng. Reputed to be astringent and febrifugal. 



Common Cup Lichen. 



