He CRYPTOGAMIA - ALG/E. 



The liinie leaves which produce iliielcls are fori'ie- 

 limcs fprinkled with Imall grains or warts upon 

 the furface. I 



There are two varieties of this Lichen worthy tc 

 be noticed. 

 ?;//«', Vt;;j (3. Tj^e hrfi: has thicker, differ, and fmallcr leaves- 

 divided into narrov/er and deeper fegments, hav-, 

 inq; the margins linuated and curled inwards. | 

 lire colour of tliis is darker than the foregoing.- 

 iind dries of a reddilli brown. The under fidt! 

 is more downy, the nerves iefs diPcinCt, anci 

 fonietinies not viAble, the radicles almoil black 

 'I'lie leaves of this are alio fometiaies fprinkled 

 with f.T^ali grains, not farinaceous. See Di'.len.^ 

 t. I'i- j- io> Michel, gen. t. 44, crd. 12./. 2. 

 Reddifn Ground Liverwort. Jnglis. 

 This is more common than the foregoing. 

 po'^ydcBy- I'l^e otlicr variety has leaves not above an inch 01 

 ^'^'^ T* two long, but, in proportion to its fize, divij.'C 



into moie and deeper lobes, ci.ch of which bcar^ 

 one a.".d fometimcs two fhiclds. In otlier reipt 

 it differs litUe from the firll. See Dillen. m: 



t. Zi.f. i07 ^ iCo. 



Manv-nngered ground Liverwort. Anglis. 



This occurs but fcldom. 



The L. canluiis has a difagreeable muliy ta,l,- 

 Half an ounce of the leaves, d.-y'd and pul- 

 verized, and mixed with two drachms of po'.v- 

 dered black pepper, compole the once-celebrated 

 Viihis antiiyjfus, iornicriv much recommended 



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