§74 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGM. 



It may in general be readily enough diftinguifhed 

 by its tali, fmooth, {lender ftalks, of a brownifli 

 colour, fome of them iubulatc, others terminat- 

 ing in fmall cups, and others with cups which 

 fhoot out from their margins long fubulate horns. 



The ftalks are often a little branched, but a va- 

 riety fometimes occurs having dichotomous ftalks 

 greatly branched, and fmall deeply ferrated, or, 

 more properly, finely radiated cupts. See ViL- 

 kn. t. 14./' 13. £. 



L. fcyphifer ramofiflimus, ramis cylindricis, caly- 

 cibus integris nodofis, Sp, pL 1620. (Billen.mufc, 

 /. 15./. 19. ^.5. C.) 



Branched Lichen, with fcarlet heads. Anglis. 



In woods ai the roots of old trees, and in barren 

 heaths. 



The ftalks are about an inch high, tubular, of a 

 hoary grey colour, covered with minute crufti- 

 ceous leaves towards the bafe, and a farinaceous 

 powder towards the top, fometimes fimple, and 

 fometimes divided into a few branches. Each 

 of thefe branches forms an obfcure cup near its 

 fummit, from which, as a, centre, arife fevcral 

 fccondary bra-^ ^.hcs, or horns, tipp'd with Icarlct 

 tubercles. 



It is probably no other than a variety of the L. 

 coccineus. 



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