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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI, Tiichiai (1) Witha Stem. ase 
Spu. Black dots in clusters‘on a datk-coloured crust.’ _stig‘ma. 
| Hoffm. veg. crypt. 1. 2. 2. A nahd 
This isformed beneath the outer bark, and when that gives 
Way it is seen wide spreading and investing the branch: of a 
black or black-brown colour, and cracked across. A line in 
thickness, and its figure roundish or kidney shaped ; brown or 
whitish when cut. Horrman. ; 
On the authority of Dr. Sibthorpe, who observed it on the 
fallen branches of trees. FE 
Spex. Black, sits 4 granulated, opening at the top: crust scrip’ta. 
white, with irregular black s i 
Dill, 18. 3. (the other figures quoted under Lichen scriptus 
represent the crust only previous to the formation of the 
. Spherie.) ' 
_'The Lichen scriptus is only the ground of this plant, as spe- 
cimens which ME. GHA BGA ea oe wih idacly Gettinnidite 
The tubercles are at first about the size of a@ very small pin’s 
head, and bordered with the white crust, but in time they grow 
much larger, lose the white border, become rough and granulat- 
ed on the surface, more raised above the crust, and sometimes | 
encompassed by a black ring. An opening next appears on the 
top of the tubercles, and this continues gradually to enlarge; the 
outer substance mouldering away, and at length there is only 
left a hollow black cup sunk in the crust. 
Lichen scriptus. On the bark of oak, birch, and other trees, 
Mr. Grirrira, © : 2 PO 
Spu. Of various shapes, black; flesh white. Dicks. 23. " bras'sice. 
Hoffm. crypt. il. be 2-Bolt. 119. 25 é : 
Crust none. Spherules simple, often confluent, of various 
shapes and sizes, from that of mustard seed to that of a pea. 
Dicks. < 
Elvela Brassice. Horrman. Certainly not properly a 
Spheria. ‘wry 
On rotten leaves of cabbage, vulgarly supposed to be cab. 
bage seed, and on retten roots of parsneps ; common. 
TRICHIA. In clusters : mostly fixed to a mem- 
branaceous base: capsules globular or ob- 
long: seeds escaping from its whole surface 2 
through openings made by the separation of. 3 
the fibres, ae 4 
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