CRYPTOGAMIA ALGIE. ^^43 



(^. Ladly, tliey are found v.'irh acute fegments, cili- 

 ated on the edges, as hd'. 19. /. -^j. DHUn. 

 ir.ujc. 

 But in all thele c"ircupnftances the pl.jiit may be 

 readily known, by aiTumxng, in its dry iiare, a 

 plaucous or Hue colour. 



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E * Ccriacei. 



itju\nhaiiis 1^. coriaceus repens lobritus, peltis marginalibus 

 55' ■ poRicis. ^S"/). />/. 1615. {Michel, gen. i. 44. Ordt 



I 7. f. I. 2. Dit'.en. mujc. /. 2S /. 105. opt.) 

 Livid brown Lichen, with reverfed fhields. 

 L!"pon the ground in ftoney places, and often upon 

 trunks of trees. On vh^ Hones of an old dyke, 

 at the bottom of the Uarhrae-har!k.,.-A.\\di on trees 

 near the head of Glen Eavjcod, in Du^nJrieJI^irc, 

 in plenty. Xjv.Burgefs. 

 The leaves are lacini^ted, and obtufriy lobed on 

 th;e mar^a,ins. They are Imooth, and of a b^o^va 

 olive colour on the upper nde, -ivA imoo!:!i and 

 buff-colour'd underneath. 

 The ph:f, or fhiclds grow our of the elevated 

 margins of the fegments, in plenty, great and 

 fmall intermix'd. They are nearly of a fetni- 

 circular ni;ure, and of a chocolate colbrir • but 

 what is fingular, and diRinguiihes th,s fpecies at 

 once, is, that they lie* on the under fide of the 

 fegmerit;, with their faces <i(..'V!iv;ard>. The 



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