CRYPTOGAMIA ALQJE, j^8.^ 



Upon the rocks near the T^rhi of Cantire we ob- 

 Jerv'd fpecimens tinged with a bright red co- 

 lour, fo as to rcfembic very ftrongly the Coral- 

 Una ruhms, l^in. Syjt. nat. p. 1 304. 



J. * ¥i]amentofu^ 



L. filamen^ofus pendulus, ramis implcxis, Iciife!- 

 lis radiatis. Sp. pi. 1622, {Dilkn, wufc. ^- n./« 

 J > opt J 



The officinal ftringy Lichen. Jjjg/is. 



Upon the branches of old trees, but not cpm- 

 mon. In Barntmpen-Lmt, in the parifli of 

 Kirkpatrick, about hve miles lliuth of Moffat^ 

 in DumfriesJJjire. Dr. Burgefi. 



The ftalks are a foot or more in length, cylindri- 

 cal, rigid, and fcrmg-iliap'd, \cvy irregularly 

 branched, the branches entangled torrechcr, of 

 a cinereous or a fn colour, brittle and ilrinoy if 

 doubled fbort, otherwife tough and plianr,"and 

 hang pendent from the trees on which ther 

 grow. The branches throughout their whole 

 length, but in fome pa ts more crowded than 

 others, fiioot out, at right angles, thick, liiff 

 fibres, fome fingle, ^bme branched, of a crrey 

 or afli-colour, the fineft and moft crowded com- 

 monly near the iummits. 



The Ihields grow generally at the extremities of 

 the branches, are nearly flat, or llighdy con- 



caw, 



