CRYPTOGAMIA ALGA:. S29 



Tliis is figured by Dillcuius, Hijl. mufc, t. 20. /. 

 46. and IS made a diftind fpecics by ScopoH in* 

 hisF/. Carnicl.^o, 1406, under the name of 

 L. temllits. 



^andicus^l L. fuliaceus afccndens laciniatus, marginlbus ele- 

 I vatis ciliatis. Sp. pL 161 1. (Bilkn^mufc. t. 2X. 



/. III. & var. miner t, 2'q. f. 112. Oeder. FL 



Dan, t. 155. opt.) 



Eatable Iceland Lichen. Ervngolcav'd Lichen. 

 Anglis. 



It grows upon the ground on mnny mountain;, 

 both in the highlands and lowlands, as on the 

 Ventland hills, on a hill called Screpe^ nearAV:^- 

 ?oJ[o^ on Creg-chaiUcch, in Br^ada'.ban;, &c. 



It confiih of nearly erect leaves, about two inches 

 high, of a rtiff but flexible fublL^nce when dry, 

 fofc and pHant when moid, varioufly divided, 

 vv'ithout order, inro broad diftant fegments, bi- 

 fid or trifid at the extremities. The upper or 

 interior furface of the leaves is concave, chef- 

 aut-colour'd, fmooth, and fliining, but red at 

 their bale ; the under or exterior furface is 

 fmooth ana whitifli, a little pitted, and fprinkled 

 with very minute black warts. The margin of 

 the leaves, and all the fegments from bottom 

 to top, are ciliated with fmall, fliorc, iVift, hair- 

 like fpinules, of a daik chefnat coioiir, turnino- 

 towards tlie upper fide. 



The fhields arc very rarely produced. They pj-ow 



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