89S CRYPTOGAMIA AhGJE. 



The defcription already g.ven of the L. hirlu 

 (No. loi.) will do equally well for the prefent 

 with this addition only, that the branches of thi 

 are terminated with large, fiat, pale, afh-cc' 

 lor'd (hields, ciliated or radiated on the mai= 

 gins with many Jong fibres. 



It is not improbable but the L. hrrius and th; 

 are only fcxual varieties, and both are ver 

 . nearly allied to the L. plicaUis, and poffefs th 



fame aftringent virtues. 



TREMELLA. Gen. pL 1204. 

 Fru5lificationes vix manifeftse in corpore geh 



tinofo. 

 mjioc. I. TREMELLA plicata undulata. Sp. pi. 1621 

 (Michel, gen. t. 6y. f. i. Dillen. mufc. t. k 

 /. J4.) 



Jelly Rain Tremella. Anglis. 



In paflures, and by the fides of gravel walks 

 gardens, after rains, not uncommon, in fprin^! 

 fummer, and autumn. 



This is a membranaceous, pellucid, and gelatinot 

 fubftance, without vifible root ; of a yellowii 

 dull green color ; affuming various forms, eith« 

 round, angular^ plaited, or folded together 

 regularly, like the inteftines, or like a pockii 

 handkerchief; an inch or two or more in dij 

 meter ; foft to the touch when moid, but thirf 

 5 membranaceou 



