CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG. Lichen. H. Herbaceous. 53 
never black or brown. Saucers terminating, not generally scat- 
tered over the surface of the leaves. Dicks. 13... Leaves several ¢ 
from the same centre, a finger’s length, cut intoa few segments, 
elegantly fringed and finely cut at the edge; fringe crisp, gra- 
_ nulated; surface smooth, substance blackish. Saucers large, 
terminating, concave, wrinkled, reddish within. Drti. 
Rocks in Devonshire. 
TL. Saucers ‘purplish brown, very large: leaves brown islan‘dicus. 
green, ascending, the edges raised and fringed. 
Facq. coll. iv. 8. 1—Dill. 28. 111—Hoffm. lich. ©. 1-Woodv. 
205=F/. dan. 155-Blackw. 590-Giseke 50-Mich. 44, 4— 
Buxb. ii. 6. 1, ' 
Saucers circular, very. entire, placed on the leaf. Lim. 
Crowded, connected, ascending, varying greatly-in shape and 
size. Leaves often several inches high, cut and divided, seg. 
ments remote, extremities ending in two short, blunt horns, 
Surface smooth, shining, channeled, wrinkled, brown or pale 
Steen; edges turned in, fringed with stiff bristles. Substance 
membranaceous, soft, not easily torn; horny and stiff when dry. 
Saucers on the ends of the broader lobes, but seldom at the ex- 
emity of the plant or at the edges; very large, fringed, pur- 
Plish brown, Fringe sometimes wanting. Horrman, 
On the top of Snowdon and Clogwyn y Garnedd in North 
Wales, and only in small quantities. Ditt. On many moun. © 
tains in the Lowlands and Highlands, on the Pentland Hills, on 
Scrape near New Posso, on Craig-cailleach in Breadalbane. [ Be- 
tween Bwlch las and the summit of Snowdon, but not in fruit. 
Generally attached to the Br. hypnoides. Mr. Gairrirs.]* 
Var. 2. Leaves narrower, the edges rolled in, the ends not 
fringed. Dix. 212, ia SE, 
Dill, 28, 112—Buxb. ii. 6, 2; 5.3 and 4, 
Pale green, whitish underneath. Segments slender, curled, 
This is the plant in its young state when growing under heath 
L. Saucers red brown, mostly on the edges of the foliage : pulmona’- 
leaves green, jagged, blunt, smooth ; pitted; downy ius. 
Hoffm. lich, 1. 2-Gars, 34C—Dill, 29. 113-Mich. 45, ord. 
_ d-F/, dan, 1007-Matth, 1029-Lob. obs. 647. 2. ie. ii. 
* Thé:ee icitea boil it in broth, or dry it and make it into bread. 
They likewise make ae $e to mix with: mitk ,. but the Grst decoction 
always thrown away, for it isaptto purge. Ithas Jately gotarepuy 
‘ation for curing consumptive complaints... aie ha: gp chee e 
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