CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGZ. Lichen. G. Somewhat crus- 49 
taceous; THREAD-LIKE. 
[On apple and sycamore trees in Cornwall, frequent. Mr. Sracx- 
hatin} P. Jan.—Dec.* 
L. Saucers grey green, radiated: branches pendent, plica’tus, 
__ thread-shaped, waved, matted together. ; 
Dill. 11. 1-E. bot. 257-Matth. 62-Ger. 1369, and 1156.1 
Matth. a.C. B. 65, 1-Lob. obs. 643. 2. 583.1, ic. ii. 242, 
1, and 155. 1—Dod. 471. 2-Ger. em. 1558 and 1339—Park, 
1312. 1-7. B.i. 6, 88-Trag. 940, on the right hand 
branch of the tree. 
Branches thread-like, not very thin, matted together, un- 
equally divided into other branches, the slender divisions fi- 
brous, rather stiff, grey. Saucers lateral and terminating, flat, or 
but little concave, thin, grey above, brownish underneath, with-. 
out any proper border, but the edge fringed with radiating hairs. 
The old plants are covered with a rough, whitish, warty crust. 
Diit. ‘The secondary smaller branches go off at right angles 
from the larger ones. ‘The plant varies in colour from grey 
green to yellowish. 
Tree Moss. Branches of trees in thick woods, but. rare, 
Woodcote Wood, Hampshire. A wood near Northwim, Hert. | 
fordshire. [On old trees about Kendal, not unfrequent. Mr. 
Goucu. } P. Jan.—Dec. 
L. Saucers pale yellow green, radiated, plant upright, flo’ridus, 
- branched. : ' — 
Dicks, b. s-—Hoffm. lich. 30. 2-Col. ecphr. 334.2—Park. 1312, 
3-Ger. 1372. 6—Ger. em. 1560. 5—Park. 1312. 2-H. ox. 
Xv. 7. row the last. 14—Happ. ii. Lichex 3-Dill. 13. 13. 
A.—Mich. 39. 5~Kniph. 6. ee 
Grows verylikea shrub. Stem very short, blackish. Branches 
Wide-spreading, numerous, grey green. Saucers large, termi. 
hating, concave, smooth, fringed. Dirt. Colour bluish green, 
- the larger branches tawny, large for the size of the plant ; smal- 
ler branches upright, cylindrical, thickly set with horizontal 
hair-like fibres. Saucers large, terminating, slightly concave, 
pale yellowish colour, sometimes an inch in diameter; border 
fringed with long radiating fibres, which sometimes also grow 
out of the under convex greenish side. HorrmM. = 
Branches of trees, especially oaks. Dit. [Helewood near 
Plymouth, Mr. Kwapre. On stumps of old pear trees, Here. 
ishire. Mr. Sracksovss. } PB, Jan.—Dec. 
1 © Norway the ty this plant with powdered glass, and strew it 
pees dead eareases to poison wolves, Ie dyes woollens yellow." .- 
Vou. IV, oe eee ST 
