t^4 CRYPtOGAMIA ALGrE. 



otlier as to bear, according to BlUenius^ ibiili^ 

 relemblance to blnck lace worn by the ladies. 



We diicovercd no fru^liHcaticns upon it, unlefs 

 Ibnie veiy iTiinute fmooch protnUerances, difco- 

 verahle only by the microfcopc, about the ex- 

 tremities and other parts of the fibres, may be 

 allowed to be tern'i'd iiich. The plant, when 

 moiit, aillin^es a bl;:;ck olive color. 



The fi.^urc of Dillcnius above-cited, we are afflir'd, ! 

 belongs to the plant we have now defcribed, j 

 irom having been indulged v/ith,.a fight of the ' 

 author's fpvcimens, which the Bgure refers to. 

 .And that the plant now defcribed is the L. p«- | 

 hcfcens^ of Liwueus^ v^e think there can be no 

 doubt, from the charaders he has given of it. 



LinrU':us mufi:, therefore, have erred in quoting ! 

 tiie figure of our plant, as relating to a varietv 

 of hh h. IJIavdicKs. See above, under the ar- 

 cade J >. Ijlwdkus ; and alfo Sp. pL Lin. p. 1612, 

 oppofite to variety -- of the famci 



L. filai-nentofus ramofilTiaius ccefpitofus, filamen- 

 ris capiUaceis implexis opacis fcabris. (Dillen. 

 };:!i:c, t. i'^,.f. 9, quoad figuram.) 



I jitlc black tufted Lichen. AngUs. 



Upon the nioil naked rocks of the Highland 

 n^.Gunrains, often in their cavities or bafons, 

 and upon fuch as are moiftened by the fpray 



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