CHAl'. CV. 



CORYLA^CE^. QUE'RCUS. 



1835 



ing in the interstices a very tough white 



central fibre, which pervades the whole 



plant. The shields f«) are now and then 



to be found at the divarications of the 



principal branches, and nearly of the same 



colour : their margins radiate with rigid 



pointed fibres. This moss was formerly 



used as a styptic." {JEng. Bot., vol. iv.) 

 The other lichens that grow on the oak, 



says Mr. Borrer, are generally those that igg^' 



'""^ occur on other trees under similar circum- 



stances of age, size, and situation. If a few of them have been observed on 

 the oak, or on oak wood only, they are among the most obscure, and on that 

 account extremely liable to have been overlooked elsewhere : such as Caliciuni 

 microcephalum Eiig. Bot., t. 1863. ; C. hype- 

 rellum Ach., Eng. Bot., t. 1832.; Spiloma 

 punctatum Eng, Bot., t. 2+72. ; S. fuliginosum 

 Brit. FL, syn. S. microclonum Eng. Bot., 

 t. 2150., and our fig. 1662, but not of Ach.; 

 Lecidea cornea Brit. FL, syn. Lichen corneus 

 Eng. Bot., t. 965., and our fig. 1664. ; Ope- 

 grapha lyncea Z?nY. i^/., syn. Z-ichen lynceus Eng. Bot., t. 809.; and the 

 doubtful Opegrapha microscopica Eng. Bot., t. 1911. ; and Verruciiria ana- 

 lepta Ach., syn. Lichen analeptus Eng. Bot., t. 184'8., and our fig. 1663. 



Fungi. Among those that are found on the wood are : .^garicus fusipes 



Bull., syn. A. crdssipes Soiu., t. 129.; A. erinaceus Fries, syn. A. lanatus 



1665 ^««^^5M/iI'^'''^>f 



lib ' " • 1667 



5'ow., t. 417.; A rfryinus Pers., syn. J. dimidiatus iS'c/^ce^, t. 2.3.3., and our 

 fi'g. 1665.; A. palmatus Bull., Sow., t. 62., and our fig. 1666.; A. ostreatus 

 Jacq., Sow., t. 241., and our fig. 1667. ; A. stipatus 

 Pers.; yl. papyraceus Pe?-.?., syn. J.membranaceus 



Boll. Fun., 1. 1 1 . ; Merulius la- 



■crymans Schum., syn. boletus 



liicrymans Souk, t. 113., the 



dry rot; 5. arboreus Sow., t. 



346.; DcEdalea ^uercinaPers., 



Grcv. Crypt., t. 238., Sow. 



t. 181., and om fig. 1668. ; 



D. biennisF/-., boletus biennis 

 1668 ■'<mv" ,Soz/;.,t. 191.; Poly porussqua- 

 niosus Fries, Grev. Crypt., t. 207., and our fig. 1669.; 

 ^olfetus lucidus Sow., t. 134.; P. sulphureus Fries, Grev. Crypt. 

 P. hispidus Fries, Grev. Crypt., t. 14., syn. boletus , ui7u 



velutinus Sow., t. 345., and our fig. 1670. ; and P. 

 dryadeus Pers., syn. boletus pseudo-igniarius Bull., 

 t. 458., the false amadou. This species is not common 

 in England ; but it has been found on oak trees in Rag- 

 ley Park near Alcester, at Himley near Dudley, and 

 in Rockingham Forest. It is of a cinnamon colour 

 when young, and whitish when old, changing, when 

 bruised, to a reddish brown. When fresh, it distils drops of moisture from the 



Fr., syn. 

 , t. 113.: 



