CRYPTOGAMIA ALG2E. Sgy 



It grows in erecfl tufts, from half an inch to two 

 inches in height, of a fine yellow or lemon co- 

 lour, which readily difcovers it. The filaments 

 which compofe it are not cylindrical, but a little 

 comprefs'd, and uneven on the furface, varioufly 

 branched, the angles obtufe, and the branches 

 flraggling and entangled one with another. 



The old fpecimens are covered with farinaceous 

 warts, of a pale yellow color, intermix'd v/ith 

 whiciv we obferv'd here and there a few very 

 minute, fmooth, papillary tubercles, with a punc- 

 ture in the centre, which feem'd to indicate they 

 were young fhields to be after^wards expanded. 



Linnaeus informs us, that the inhabitants of Smo- 

 land-, in Sweden, dye their yarn of a yellow co- 

 lor with this Lichen ; and that the Norwegians 

 deftroy wolves by (luffing dead carcafes with 

 this mofs reduced to powder, and mix'd with 

 pounded glafs, and fo expofing them in the 

 winter fcafon to be devoured by thofe animals. 



L. filamentofus ramofus ereftus, fcutellis radiatis. 

 Sp. pi. 1624. (Ger. emac. 1560. /. 5. Moris, hijl. 

 III. p. 625. f. 15. t. 7. /. 14. ultima. Dillen. 

 mufc. t. 13. /. 13. opt. Michel gen. t. o,^. f. 5.) 



Upright flowering Lichen. Anglis. 



Upon the branches of old trees, not very uncom- 

 mon. 



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