S32 CRYPTOGAM! A ALGJE.. 



The jfhiflds are of a browniili red colour, and 

 grow kiTne out oi" the margins. of the fegments, 

 rarrly out of their furface. Thefe fhields are 

 but feldom produced. 



The wrinkles and margins of the legmcnts ofthofe* 

 fqme leaves, which produce Il^iiclds, are often 

 covered with farinaceous tubercles. 



This Lichen h<:S an aftringent bitter tafte, and, ac-' 

 cordins to Gmehjh is boiled in ale in ^iberia^ in- 

 iiead ot hops. The ancients ufed it to cure 

 couohs, ailhmas, and other diforders of the 

 lungs, but it is out of the modern pradice. 



furfuraceus L. foliaceus decumbens furfuraceus laciniis acutis, ' 

 43. lubtus lacunoiis atris. 6p. pi. 161 2. {Buxb. cent, 



t. 7./. I. Michtlgin. t. 38. Ord. 4,/. 1 Bilkn, ! 

 mufc. t. 2 1. f. s^^'C'pt.) \ 



Grcv-horned branny Lichen. Jngljs. 



Upon trunks of ticcs asd old pales, but not very , 

 common. 



The leaves grow in clufiers, either reclining era 

 little eretft, laciniated, and branched like flag's 

 horns, foft and piiunt when m.oid, ftiff, but not 

 infiexible when dry. '1 he edges of the feg- 

 ments are turned dov/nward, whence the upper 

 fide of the leaves is convex, and the lower con- 

 cave ; the firft of a fordid grey or afh-colour, 

 covered with rough farinaceous fpinulcs, tbe 

 other black a.nd reticulated. 



The 



