•:a; CRYPTOGAMIA ALG/E. 



The leaves, when dry, turn to a tawny brown co- 

 lour. 



troceus 65. L. coriaceus repens fubrotundus planus fubcus vc- 

 nolus villojus croceus, peltis fparfis adn-tis. Sp. 

 pL 1 616. {Lin, Fl. lappon. 443. /. it./. ^. Dlllen 

 mufc. t, 30./. 120. opt. Oed. Dan. t. 263. mak.) 



Saffron Lichen, with flat fliields. 



We are indebted to Mr. Stuart for the difcovery of 

 this rare Lichen, who found it upon a rock near 

 the top of Bentejkerney^ in Breadalbam. 



T'he leaves are about an inch long, and a thumb's 

 breadth, dilated towards the extremity, an4 

 fiightly divided into obtufe lobes. They grow 

 three or four together, and fpread flat upon the 

 ground, fometimes in a circular form, but com- 

 monly in no regular order. The upper furface 

 is of a whitifli green, the lower one a fine faf- 

 fron or orange colour, difliinguiflied alfo by hav- 

 ing downy fwelhng branched veins, of the fame 

 colour, running from the bale towards the ex- 

 tremities. 



The fliields are of a dark fufcous colour, plain, 

 fmooth, and lie flat in the fubfliance of the leaf, 

 fo as not to be higher than its furface. They 

 have no rim or margin, but the ficift of the leaf 

 fupplies their place by covering a little of their 

 circumference, and this ikin is often crenated on 

 the edges. 



This 



