St i/}>Jt oph orus.] LICH E :> E S . 28 9 



cups regular the margin at length proliferous, apotheeia brown. 

 —Cenomyce pyxidata, Ach. Syn. p. 252.— Cladonia pyxidata, 



Sc/uer. Lich. Heir. Spicil. p. 26., Lich. Exsicc. n. 51 — 61. 



Lichen pyxidati/s, Linn E. Bot. t. 1393. — Dill. Muse. t. 14 



/.G. 



Heathy places, on moors and in dry woods, frequent. — Formerly em- 

 ployed as a remedy for the whooping-cough. 



10. S.Jimbridtus, (fringed Cup-Lichen); thallus cartilaginous 

 lobed and crenate, podetia cylindrical white dilated at the sum- 

 mit into an impervious cup fringed with acute teeth and which 

 are tipped with small brown tubercles. Sm. — Cenomyce fim- 

 hriota, Ach. Syn. p. 254. — Lichen Jimbriatus, Linn. — E. Bot. 

 f. -J4S8.—L. pyxidatus, 8. Huds.—DiU. Muse. t. 14. / 8. 



Moors and heaths. 



11. S. radidtus, (radiated Cup- Lichen); thallus somewhat 

 cartilaginous greenish-white, apotheeia elongated slender pow- 

 dery, cups irregularly radiated their points tipped with small 

 acute reddish (brown) apotheeia. Sm. — Cenomyce radiata, Ach. 

 LJch. Univ — C. fimbriata, h. Ach. Syn. p. 255. — Cladonia ra- 

 diata, Hoffm. — Lichen radiatus, Schreb. — E. Bot. t. 1835. — 

 L.pyxidatus, g. Huds. — Dill. Muse. t. 15./. 16. 



On the ground, in heathy places. 



12. S. cormitus, (horned, Cup-Lichen); thallus cartilaginous 

 greyish greenish-white with numerous awl-shaped barren 

 branches, podetia cylindrical (scarcely dilated upwards or cup- 

 bearing) with scarlet (brown) apotheeia. Sm. — Cenomyce cor~ 

 mita. Ach. Lkh. Univ<—C. fimbriate, L. Ach. Syn. p. l } 57. — 

 Lichen cornufus, Linn. — E. Bot. t. 1836. — L. pyxidatus, >.. 

 Huds — Dill. Muse. t. 15./. 14. A. C. F. 



Woody or heathy, and especially mountainous places. 



13. S.grdcilis, (slender Cup-Lichen); thallus minute (scarcely 

 any), podetia long Blender smooth cartilaginous greenish-brown 



at length somewhat branched, nips (oh- ) conical sharply tooth- 

 ed, apotheeia brown. S///. — Cladonia gracilis, Hoffm. Si 



Lich. HeU). Spicil. />. 82., Lich. Exsicc. n. 64 — 69«— • Cenomyce 



tcmocyna, a. Ach, Syn. p. 26 1. — Lichen gracilis, Linn /,'. lit. 



t. I2S4. — />///. Muse. t. 14./ 18. 



Mountainous, heathi or dry, \\ood\ places. — PodeHe .'> — 4 inches 

 long; in/is often proliferous. "To determine the specie* among Che 

 cup-bearing Lichens is one of the most dink-nit problems in Botany. 

 Mr. Hudson cuts the gordiac knot at once by uniting them all into 



one; hut snreU nothing can he more rash. On the other hand, it ma\ 



perhaps be allowed that other Botanists have subdivided them beyond 

 the limits of Nature. If any of them he distinct species, the individual 



now under Consideration is one." Sm. 



** Apotheeia scarlet oi deep-red. 



14. s. jihim mtt, (thread shaped Cfup-Lichen); thallus eartila- 



SPinoU! ureeni^h -white the loin's or scaler imbricated sinuated 



