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On trunks of trees, rocks, and often upon the 

 ground amongft other inofies, in dry ftoney 

 places, and In woods; on the rocks at the foot 

 of Edinburgh caille, &;c. III. 

 This differs from the preceding, in being much 

 longer, and more branched, and growing upon 

 one another, fo as to form imbricated tutts, or a 

 dark red or chelnut colour, not adhering dole 

 to, but hanging more locfe and detach'd from, 

 the fubftance on which it grows. Ihe branches 

 are dill more Qender than the foregoing, but of 

 equal breadth throughout •, their extremities ob- 

 tufe. The leaves are extremely minute, lefs than 

 the preceding, and io clofciy imbficared in a 

 double fcries, as to be hardly dillingu fliable 

 from one another. They arc convex on the u[)- 

 per fide, roundiQi, fliining, and their edges cl 

 flex'd; and concave on the under. 1 he n( 

 is more vifible than in the preceding, and app 

 as if jointed on the under fide, being imbricatja 

 the whole length with fm.all bifid fcales, which 

 is an eficntial charadler of dillinc^cion. 

 The fru(5tifications arife at the extremities of tiic 

 branches. The peduncles are extremely fiiort ; 

 the antbera Yellcwiili brown. 

 The colour of the young plants is a dark green, 

 of the adult ones generally a reddilh bruv.-n or 

 chefnut. 



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