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COLLEMA Vifcofa, foliacea, inequalis. 



The foliaceous Jelly-mofs. 



I have obferved this moffy fubftance once in Mangeneel; it is of a glutinous con- 

 fidence and appearance, and is found in uneven foliaceous mailes. 



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III. 



Of the branched aphyllous Mojfes of a firm and moderately 



rigid Texture. 



\J S N E A I . Ft 'h 'for mis incana ratnofa & longiffima, propendens. 



Ufnea 

 Mufcus 



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tenuis & capillaceus, &c. SIo. Cat. 9. & H. p. 6 



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The white pendulous and branched filamentous Ufnea. 



This plant is at prefent chiefly ufed by the perfumers, who frequently mix it with 

 their powders. It is fometimes kept in the (hops, and its vinous infufion is faid to 

 be anodine and fubaftringent : it ufed to be ordered formerly to flop fluxes, and to 



reftore the tone of weakened flomachs. 



U S N E A 2. Lutea, Jibris fubequalibus fubrigidis inter text is. 



The yellow rigid Ufnea. 



This little moffey plant grows commonly in every part of the woods: its fibres 

 feem to be pretty even in every part, and are generally connected in an irregular 



tufted form, 







U S N E A 3. Lute a minima, jibris tomenti-formibuSyfaxis enafcentibus. 



The fmall filky Ufnea. 



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This little plant is fo very delicate and flender, that it requires a good glafs to exa- 

 mine it with any fatisfadtion. Jt grows pretty plentifully on the fide of the precipice 



the fecond waterfall in Hope R 



above the plains of Liguanee 



U S N E A 4. Minima fufc a rep ens & tomenti-formis, 



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The fmall woolly Ufnea. 



This fpecies is not quite fo fine as the foregoing -, the old plants are of a, dark or 

 brown colour, and the younger moots of a delicate white. 



PLATISMA 1. Cinerea ramulis acuminatis. 



The whitifh Platifma with fharp-pointed branche 



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2. Cinerea, Jibris lateralibusnigris crinita. 



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PLATISMA 



The bearded Platifma. 



Both thefe fpecies are frequent in the woods of 'Jamaica ; they are both of a whitifh 



afh-colour, but the latter is remarkable for its black beard . 



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