CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG. Lichen. B. (1) Crusf with 3 
black lines. ~ i‘ 
L. Blood-coloured, powdery, growing on stones: > Jo‘ithus. 
Mich. 89. 3-F/. dan. 899. 1. 
It has a very strong scent of violets, especially aftet rain. 
Linn... Very red when young, when old, yellowish green. 
Byssus Folithus. Bot. arr. ed. ii. Rocks and stones of quartz, 
‘in moist shady places. . P, Jan. —Dec. 
L. Yellow, powdery; growing upon wood. | fla’vus. 
Hoffm. \.4-Dill. 1. 4—Fl. dan, 899. 2. , 
Forming a very thin and wide spreading coat on the sub. 
stances on which it grows; yellow or brimstone coloured ;. on 
rocks thicker and of a lemon colour. The microscope shews 
it to consist of roundish or oval globules, single or in clusters, 
somewhat hairy, falling into a very fine deep yellow powder. 
Its colour sometimes changes to tawny or greenish. Horrmans 
It has been observed to continue on the same spot, and appa- 
rently in the same state for several years. 
Byssus candelaris. Old pales, bark of trees, and old walls, 
in all parts of the world. ’ A. Sept.—June. 
is Green » powdery. 
.. Hoffm. enum. 1. 9.~Dill.. 1. 5-Fl. dan. 899s 3s 
Consists of dark green globules crowded together, the size 
of tobacco seed, appearing somewhat gelatinous in the micro- 
scope. Dirt. Covering the earth, or stones with an intense 
gteen colour, often with a cast of yellow, cracking when ~4 
into irregular polygons. Globules when magnified, semi-pellu- 
_ cid, sprinkled with a yellowish powder. When old, the whole 
crust changes to a rude gelatinous mass. HorrMaN. 
Byssus Botryoides. ss arr. ed. ii. Bark of trees, on walls, 
and on moist and shady ground. P. Jan.—Dec. 
botryoi’des. 
“L. Fructifications unbranched black lines and dots, set rugo’sus: 
thick together; crust whitish. 
Dill, 18. [—Hoffm. enum. 2. 5. 
s Craft very thin, white, with numerous black spots and lines. 
Di. - , 
Common on the bark of trees. | P. Jan.—Dec. 
L. Fructifications black branching lines resembling written scrip’tus. 
characters: crust whitish, _ | 
spy Mich, 56, Lichenoides 3—Hoffm. enum. 9. 2 2, ¢.A~Dills 18. 
1, and 55. 9, being the ground on vbich a Bryumn is depicted. 
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