CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGJE, Lithen. Di'Somewhat ris) | ag 
taceous, leaf-like, tiled, loose. 
(Not L. pallescens-under which Reichard:has inserted it as a 
synonym. ° No one who had examined both could possibly sup. 
pose them the same. It much more nearly resembles L. cartila- 
gineus. Mr. Woopwarop.) 
Rocks and old walls. [Not uncommon, Mr. Woopwarp. } 
P. Jan.—Dec. 
D. Somewhat crustaceous, leaf-like, tiled, loose. 
L. Saucers black: leaves strap-shaped, forked, flattish, fahlunen’sis - 
Hoffm. lich. 36. 2-E. bot. 653.—Fl. ‘dan. 958-Facq. misc. 
ii, 10. 2-Dill. 24. 81—Hoffm. enum. 17.2. S 
Circular, leathery, thin, both surfaces shinine, brown chang- _ 
ing to black, curled at the edge, lobes blunt, white within. Saz- 
__ cers very numerous and crowded on the upper surface, concave, 
black, shining. Jacguin. : 
_ Rocks and large stones, Near Langdale, Lancashire. Huns. 
[{Onstones near the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn. Mr. Grir- 
FitH. About Invercauld, Aberdeensh. and Katelow, a moun- 
tain in Angus-shire. Mr. Brown. ] : i 
L. Saucers black, rough, rather convex, imperfectly bor- squama’tus. 
dered: leaves green, rather glaucous, minute, thick- 
ish, rounded, but indented and angular. 
Dicks. b. s~Dill. 30. 135. 
Leaves small, thick, leathery, with shallow segments, whitish 
neath. Dirt. In some plants the saucers are rather dark 
brown than black. : : 
On the ground in turfy places, Scotland. Rocks in Cumber- 
land. Drcxson.—[On a wall about a mile from Cerig y Drui- 
dion ; road side leading to Denbigh, Mr. Grirritu.] 
L. Saucers brown black, fringed: foliage dark green, cilia’tus. 
leaves slightly many-cleft, fringed. 
Hoff. enum. 14. 1. 
Leafits strap-shaped, divisions slender, dull dirty green, 
laucous grey when dry, blackish when old, fixed firm to the 
k of trees by numerous tendrils on the under side. Horrman. 
On rocks and stones. Dicks. iii. 16. | 
L. Saucers brown black, numerous, circular, border sty’gius. 
-broad, scolloped; foliage brown black to purplish 
— quite black ; leaves hand-shaped, tiled, bent at 
e end, 
