CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG ®. Lichen. F,)Soméwhiat cris 
taceous; SHRUB=LIKE 
Dill. 16. 29—Fi. dane 18C—E. bot. 173-—Mich. 400 14Ger. 
1380. 5—Ger. em, 1572. 5—Park. 1310. 8-Kniph. 6. 
Branches perforated in the forks. Lixn. Ligbt, brittle, 
hoary when dry ; grey green or whitish, tender and soft when 
fresh. Surface covered with mealy particles. Has neither leaf 
nor leafy crust. Roots not easy to find; it adheres slightly to 
the earth and to mosses, from which it readily separates. But 
many species of Lichen seem destitute of roots, and to be nou- 
rished by the leaves, or by a mucous matter at the base. About 
2 inches high, divided and subdivided into branches all the 
way up, the ends turning down. Tubercles small, roundish, red- 
dish, shining, black when dry, on the terminations of the 
branches. Dit. 
Var. 2. Ends of the branches reddish. 
Dill. 16. 30-Fl. dan. 539. 
Smaller branches reddish, and the whole when old turning 
brown. ‘Tubercles darker brown than those of the preceding, 
- more crowded, more frequently found. Branches sometimes 
bearing small crisp leaves. Ditr. . tee age 
_ Heaths and high exposed mountainous situations, Dit 
and woods. Huns. , P. Jan —Dec. * 
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i; Tubercles reddish brown, small, globular, solitary :subula’tus. 
plant somewhat forked, branches undivided, awl- 
shaped. : 
Dill. 16, 26-Ger. 1374. 8—Park. 1308. 12-¥.B. iii. 767. 2. 
_ Stems.1 to 2 inches or more in height, slender, grey, or 
ish, white when dry, smooth, not branched at bottom. 
aves small, scolloped, grey, hoary underneath. Tubercles 
small, globular, solitary, red brown. Dinu. Stem sometimes 
inged with a few. scattered crustaceous leaves. Tubercles small, 
brown, globular, at the ends of the branches. 
Horned Mess. Woods and heaths. 
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L. Tubercles blackish brown, somewhat pobular, alter- Roccel’la. 
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nate: plant ry or grey brown, solid, smooth, stiff, 
cylindrical, Teafless, somewhat branched. acini 
Dill. ¥7. 39-E. bot. 211—Pluk. 205. 6-Pety gaz. 7.12. 
_ Two or 3 inches high, rising out of a chalk-like basis. 
Stems cylindrical, simple or branched, white like chalk within, 
Dirt. Tubercles white within. ~ ee. ee 
* The Laplanders could not exist without this plant. » It is the food 
of the reindeer, which will grow fat upon it, and the rein deer supplies 
every Necessary of life for che contented people of that inhospitable clis 
Mate, Deka ots a oaks , Br oasis Bae", 
