CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 841 



(lightly divided into very obtufe lobes at the 

 margin. 



The Ihields are of a fufcoiis red colour, fmall, 

 numerous, and crowded, and grow near the 

 centre of the leaves. 



We have obferved other fpeclmens, dcftitute of 

 Ihields, the leaves of which have been granu- 

 lated with an infinite number of fmall tubercles, 

 of the fame colour with the leaves. 



afctctdaris L. foliaceus gelatinofus, tuberculis turbinatis fafcl- 

 5^' culatis fronde majoribus. Lin. mantifs. 123. Syfi. 



vat. edit. I'^.p. 808. (Di'kn, niufc. t. i^.f. 27 J 



Little palmatcd clufter Lichen. AngUs, 



Obferv'd frequently in Ihady places on the north 

 fide of the trunks of trees, particularly of the 

 afh, by the Rev. Dr. Burgefs, of Kirkmicbael, m 

 Dumfriesjloire. 



The leaves grow In ere<5L clullers, hardly a quarter 

 of an inch high, of a blackifh green coioui", 

 gelatinous and pellucid, like a tremella., widfft 

 at their extremities, and flightiy palmated. 



The frudifications are placed upon the very tips 

 of the fegments, and therefore appear as if fup- 

 ported on Ihort peduncles. They are numerous, 

 crowded, and large for the fize of the leaves, 

 • appearing at firfl: Imall and convex, like tuber- 

 cles, afterwards l.irger and flat, and, laft of alf^ 

 concave, with obtufe margins- They are of 



