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rather than be gu'.ded by any author, we havf, 

 therefore, taken the liberty to alter, and, wc 

 hope, to amend, Linnaus's fpecific charafters of 

 this Lichen. 



Ohf, The L. velleus of Linn<£us^ according to Dil- 

 lenius's fpccimen, is totally different from the 

 Lichen above defcribed, and is fuch as we be- 

 lieve was never yet found in Great- Britain. Wc 

 mention this not only becaufe Mr. Hudfon has 

 recorded the L. velleus as an Englijh plant, but 

 becaufe we have received fperimens of that juft ji 

 now defcribed from pur friends, under the name ■ 

 of the L. velkus, of Linn^us^ 



JJilkniush jpecimen of the L. 'uelleus is broadcf i 

 rhan the palm of a man's hand, very nearly ai i 

 thick as a bullock's hide, deflitute of marginal 

 fringe and male warts. 



G. * Scyphiferi. 



eccuferKS L. fcyphifer fimplex integerrinurs, ftiplte cyli^ 

 <3. drico, tuberculis coccineis. Sp, pL 1618. {Mi- 



chel. gen, t. 41. ord. 8./. 3, 4. VaH. parts, t. 21. 

 /. 4. Dilkn. mufc. L 14./. 7. J-M.) 

 Scarlet-tipp'd Cup Lichen. Anglis. 

 In moors and heaths frequent. 

 This Lichen has, in the firft ftate, a granulated 

 cruft for its ground, which afterwards becomes 

 fmall laciniated leaves, green above, hoary un- 

 4crneath. 



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