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eytifus laburnum, and on ftones it acquires fine leaves. On 
the edges it is furnifhed with fmall {tiff briftles, and on the, 
fides has fmall excrefcences like the head of a pin befprink- 
Jed with white meal. 2. Lichen cucullatus ; membranaceus 
ereftus, glaber, incifus, tubulofo-canaliculatus, albus, baft 
purpurafcens, fcutellis pofticis cucullatis fufcis. Tt is often 
confounded with the Lichen nivalis. 3. Lichen nivalis; mem- 
branaceus, adfcendens, laciniatus, cri/pus, lacunofus, albus baft 
Sflavefcens. Mott botanifts have confidered this as the Lichen 
cucullatus. It grows farther towards the north. The “Or: 
gans of fructification are little known. 4. Lichen tenellus% 
membranaceus, decumbens laciniatus, laciniis apice ciliatis . 
obtufis, tubulofo-fornicatis, adfcendentibus, cinerafcens; /eu- 
tellis feffilibus, lateralibus, nigrocefiis. It has long been 
confidered as a variety of the L. ciliaris ; from which, how- 
ever, it is very different. 5. Lichen ciliaris; membranaceus, 
adfcendens, linearis, laciniatus, ciliatus viridi-glaucus, /ub- 
tus allus, canaliculatus, fcutellis terminalibus nigroce/iis. 
It grows particularly on the ath. 6. Lichen furfuraceus ;- 
membranaceus, decumbens laciniatus, pulverulentus CINEFeUSy 
Jubtus canaliculatus violaceo-niger, fcutellis fparfis ampulla- 
ceis rubris. It grows on the fir, birch, and fiones; con- 
tains abundance of inflammable particles, and refin.—V. De- 
{cription of the Picus Javanenjfis, a new Bird from Java, by 
S. J. Liungh; with a Figure. It is a kind of woodpecker 
with three toes, the chara¢ters of which are as follow: Picus 
Javanenfis, vertice criftato nigro albo maculato, collo fubtus 
albo, lineis fex nigris, dorfo fuperiws flavo, inferius cinnabarito, 
pedibus tri-digitatis.—V1, Defcription of an Apparatus for 
planing Ship Pins, invented and employed at Carlfcrona, in 
1784, by C. F. Bouke, with a figure. This machine is fo 
conftruéted that it will make thefe pins either round or 
fquare.. Two workmen in a day can make with it four or 
five times as many as by the ufual apparatus with a hand- 
plane. At Carlfcrona, where 35000 fuch nails of oak or fir 
are ufed every year, this machine caufes a faving of 6663 rix- 
Vou, II, “¢ dollars 
