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■ ~tnrkofus L. fcyphifer ventricofus ramofifiimus, fcyphis den- 

 ^' tatis tuberculis fulcis. Hudf. Fl, an^. p. 457. 



(Dilkn. mufct. ^S-f' ^7- ^-C.) 



Branched Cornucopia Lichen. Anglis. 



In woods upon the decay'd ftumps of oJd tree^, but 

 not common. 



It is about two inches high, hoary and farinace- 

 ous, and refembks, in miniature, a pollard tree 

 with its lop on j the ftalk fwelling at the top, 

 and forming an obfcure cup, which Ihoots out 

 feveral branches, bearing other cups, which are 

 repeatedly branched and proliferous, the extreme 

 ones very fmall, and tipp'd with minute fufcous 

 tubtrrcles, fupporred on fhort footftalks. 



\i is a curious and fingular variety of one of the 

 preceding, perhaps of the la(t, 



trnulusH L. fcyphifer fimpliciufculus fubventricofus, calyci- 

 bus integris. Sp. pi. 1620. {Barrel, ic. t. 1277. 

 /, T. hona. Biilen. mufc. t. i^.f. 14, A-F.) 

 Horned or Skewer Lichen. Anglh, 

 On moors and heaths very common. 

 |fc;\ This, like the reft, has a foliaceous cruft for its 



bafe, out of which arife numerous and very 

 various tubular ftalks. 

 In their nrfl flate they are very frequently fimple 

 and fubulate, Ibmetimes ered, and fometimes 

 incurv'd like an ox's horn, one while fmooth, 

 another while farinaceous or foliaceous, of a 



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