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Mauritius tliey make witli it a preparation for diseases of the kid- 

 ney. Essai, 318 ; Morelot, Mem. de la Soc. de I'Emulation, 281 ; 

 Eicliard, Elems. d'Hist. Xat. Med. 



Rocella Phycojysis, Ach. 



This is abundant on the coast of Brittany, and may be empL_-)yed 

 in phace of the B. tinctoria. Bory, Diet. Classirp d'Hist. Nat. 

 xiv. 630 ; and Botanique du Voyage en Moree, 310. 



Bocellafuciformis, De Cand. Flat-leaved archill. 

 Inferior as a dye to the preceding. Lind., Nat. Syst. ; Crypt. 

 Eng. 



Borrerafurfuraceus^ Ach. '( Trunks and branches of 



Lichen " Linn. S trees. 



It is very bitter : it is regarded as a febrifuge, and is given 

 in place of quinine. It furnishes an olive-green color. Prost. 

 Cat. des PI. de la Lozere ; M. &, De L. Diet, de M. Med., 11, 99. 



^ . . A 1 ^ Pagged hoary evernica. Trunks 



^. ^ ■'- ^^ ' , Vand branches ot trees. JN. b. and 



Lichen " Linn, i ^.t i.i i rr ^ 



J JNorthwards. luck. 



This lichen yas brought into use in Glasgow, by the late Ld. 

 Dundonald, and employed, during the var, instead of gum, in 

 calico printing, staining of paper, &c. ; it afterwards fell into 

 disuse as a very inferior substitute for that article. C. of Eng. ; 

 Nichol., Journ. 401. It is reputed to be astringent and febri- 

 fugal. Lind., ISTat. Syst. In Egypt it is used to make bread rise, 

 and to ferment beer. Diet, des Sc. Nat., viii., 519. Macerated 

 with green vitriol it furnishes a color between brown and red. 

 Prost., Liste des PI. de la Lozere ; Merat & De Lens, iv. 105. 

 " It has a remarkable property of imbibing and retaining odors, 

 and is, therefore, the basis of many perfumed powders." "With- 

 ering ; Wade's PI. Rariores ; Demidoff, Extracts of a Voyage in 

 Southern Pussia, j) 148 (in French). 



Evernia vuljnna. \ Grows in Mts. Pocky Mts. 



Lichen " Linn. j Tuck. 



The Borrera fic(/vicans of Ach. is the L. mil2). of Huds. Ac- 

 cording to Linnseus, the Norwegians mix this species with pow- 

 dered glass, of which, with flesh of dead animals, they make a 



