834 CRyi>TCGAMTA ALGiE, 



It varies very much in the breaddi of the leaves 

 and number of the fegments, 



cdi(f.ri3i,S L. foJiaceus eredus linearis ramofus lacunofu 

 convexus mucronatus. Sp.-pl. 1613. [Moris, hiji 

 f. ^ ^. t. 7./, 5. bona. Vir.en.mufc. t, 23./. 62. 



L. rofiratus. Scopol. Carniol.No. 1382. 

 Beaked Lichen. Anglis. 

 It grows fon^etimes npon trees,- but more frf 



quently npon rocks, efpecially on the iea-coaft:! 



but not very common. 

 This is fmooih, glofiy, and whitifh, more pitte 



and channel'd, and much more ftiff and rig; 



than the foregoing; but what miOre particular 



diftinguifnes it from the preceding is, that 



produces flat or convex fiiields, of the fame ci! 



iour as the leaves, very near the fummits ofti! 



fegments, which are acute and rigid, and beii 

 ^ olLen receded from the perpendicular by t 



growth of the lliields, appear from under th( 



rims, like a hooked beak. 

 If tliis be a variety of the preceding it muft 



the »?/?/t', according io Linftctus, but the /m, 



according to BiUenius. 

 It will dye a red colour, and promlfes, in that 



tention, to rival the famous L. Rocce'Ja, or/ 



gol^ which is brought from the Canary iilan , 



and fometimes fold at the price of 8c/. ilcrl ; 



per ton. It was form.erly ufed inftead of llan 

 - to make hair-powder. 



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