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From what we obrcrved of his fpeciniens at Ox- 

 ford, vvc are difpofcd to think th.ic tiiis and the 

 JL. articituiius. Liu. ate cnjy varieties of o.;< 

 another. 



Its quality is,afiiiiigcnL, liice the preceding. When 

 iteep'd for fonie time in vvater it acquires aa 

 orange colour, and, according to DnUmus^ is 

 uil'd in Y'enj'jl-j&nia to dye with that coloiir- 



us 96. L, filamentcfus pendukis, axillis comprefris. Sp. pi. 

 1622. (Dilien. i^iufc. t. 12. f. ^i-j 



Blackilli iMane Liclv.;n. Ang^i'- 



Upon rocks not unfrequent, and Ibmetimcs upori 

 the branches of old trees. 



The {laiks, or rather filaments, of which thir, u 

 con-jpofed, va:y from three inches to a foot in 

 length, are very iltrnder, faiooth, cylindrical, 

 branched, pendulous when long enough, ge- 

 nerally of .1 mixed colour, cinereous at the bafe, 

 but elfewhere of ? dark fufcous green, vergin-T 

 to black. The largeil of them are a little com- 

 prefb'd, eipecially at the angles oi ramific^rinn, 

 greatly entangled W'th one another, and termi- 

 nated with fine cylindrical capillary fibres, Ibme- 

 times ered, fometimes curled,' and contorted. 

 Their fubviance firm and elauic. 



The only fruct fications yet ken are very fmall, 

 plain, farinaceous warts, fprinkled here and 

 there on the fides of the filarr^ents, of a yel- 



lov.iib 



