CRYPTOGAMJA ALGiE. 



799 



top, convex at bottom, of a fufcous green co- 

 lour, bclet with numerous fmall grains or tu- 

 bercles, fuppofed to be feeds. Thefc warts arc 

 vifible in March and Aprils and continue till 

 June. 

 The leaves have a peculiar flrong fragrant fmell, 

 and acrid aromatic tafte. They arc fuppofed to 

 poflefs the fame attenuating quality as the firil 

 kind, but in a higher degree. They are recom- 

 mended as an antifcorbutic, and to thin the 

 blood. 



RICCIA. Gen.pL 1200. 



Cal. o. nifi cavitatem veficularem intra folii fub- 



flantiam. 

 Cor. o. Anthera cylindrica, felTilis, germinl impo- 



fita. 

 Tijiil. Germen turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, antlic- 



ram perforans. 

 Pericarp, fph^ericum, coronatim anthera emarcida. 

 6em. hemifphscrica pedicelhta. 



flauca r. RICCIA frondibus ghbris canaliculatis bilobis ob- 

 tufis. Sp.pL 1604. {Micb. gen. t. si-f- 4- ^aiU 

 Paris, t. ig.f. I. DiUen.7nufc. t. 78./. 10.) 

 Glaucous Riccia. Anglis, 



Upon rocks {lightly covered with earth, at the Tar- 

 bet of Caniirey &:c. III. & X. 

 The leaves fpread flat upon the ground, in a radi- 

 ated circular form, about the breadth of a fix- 

 pence ; 



