828 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGiE. 



underneath •, the fhields are a little funk or con- 

 cave, and of a dark rcddilli brown or chelhut 

 Cvolour. 



i...foliaceus erefliufciilus, laciniis linearibus ciliatis, 

 fciitdiis peduncuhtis crer.atis. Sp.pl. 1611. (Lo- 

 efcL Fnifj'. 171./. 50. Vail. Paris, t. 20./. 4. D//- 

 len mujc, /. 20./. 45.) 



Hairy or ciliated Lichen. AngUs. 



On trunks of trees frequent. 



It grows in loofe, widely-expanded tufts, com- 

 pofed of ft iff leaves, varioufiy divided into nar- , 

 row fegments, which are ciliated on the edges 

 with long black, or grey hairs. The colour of 

 the leaves, when dry, is giey, fometimes tinged 

 with brown ; when wet, a fine glaucous or fea- 

 grecn \ the under fide v.hite. 



The fhields ftand on very fnort footflalks. The ■ 

 colour of the difc, when young, is grey, after- 

 wards dark brown, and when old, largfc and ■ 

 black, furroundcd with a grey or glaucous ' 

 dented margin. j 



Some fpecimens are fprinkled over with many fmall 

 warrs, of the fime colour as the leaves. ; 



There is a fmall variety of this, the colour of j 

 which is invariably white, v/hether moid or dry. 

 The leaves are fofter, fiiorter, and more finely | 

 divided. 



Tlie fhields are fmall and black, \v'\x\\ hardly any 

 peduncle?, and their margins not dented. 



This ! 



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