so CRYPTOGAMIA ALG/E. 



Cc^vQ., thin, arii-colour''ci above, pale brown un- 

 dcvneath, and radiated with fine rigid fibres. 



As the plane grows old the branches become co- 

 vered with a white, rough, warty cruft -. but 

 the young ones are dertitute of it. 



It was formerly ufed in the. fhops as an aftringent 

 to fiop hemorrhages, and cure ruptures, but is 

 cut of the modern praclice. 



Limuus informs us, that the Laphjiders apply ir 

 tq^rheir feet to relieve the excoriations occr.iion'd 

 by much walking. 



'■■cttiSQS L. Fdamcntofus pendulus fubarticulatus, ramis pa- 

 rentibus. c^/;.^/. ibii. (Dillen. mujc. t. 12. f. 6.) 



Bearded Lichen. Anglis. 



Upon the branches of old U'ees in thick woods 

 and piiie-forcfts. 



I'he ftalks, or ftrings, are llighrly branched, and 

 pendulous, from half a toot to two feet in 

 length, fmaller than thoie of the preceding, 

 being littler bigger than a taylor's common few- 

 ing-thread, cylindrically jointed towards the 

 bale, but furrounded every where elfe with nu- 

 merous horizontal capillary fibres, either fimple 

 or flighily branched. Their colour a whitiHi 

 green.. 



'I'lie flfit'lds are rarely found. According to DUle- 

 ',2ius they are very fmall, flelli-colour'd, and 

 feitile, and adhere to the fides of tlie branches. 



r'rom 



