CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 899 



membranaceous, and brittle when dry, and of a 

 black fufcons color. 



The ancient alchemifts termed this vegetable thg 

 Flowers of Heaven, and flattered themfelves 

 with the hopes of its proving an univerfal men- 

 ftruum ; but all their refearches ended in a bub- 

 ble, except to fhew that its conftituent parts 

 were a portion of phlegm, oil, an urinous vola- 

 tile fait, and a little fixM fait. 



It is recommended by Geoffroy as an anodvne a.^d 

 vulnerary. A diftillation of it, after being ma- 

 cerated for feme time in water, is repufec to be 

 an ufeful fomentation for pains in the joints; 

 And a few grains of it reduced to powder, taken 

 internally, and applied externally, have been 

 extolled in ulcerous cafes, in cancers, and in the 

 fiftula, but we fear upon no very good founda- 

 tions. 



For T. Lichenoides^ Sp. pi. 1625, fee our L. Tre- 

 melloides, N°. 54 •, and for T. Auricula, Sp. pL 

 1625, fee our PEZIZA Auricula, 



T. tubcrculofa folida rugofa. Sp. pi. 1625. 

 (]\/Hchel. gen. t. 6'j. f 2. Dillen. mufc. t. 10. 



/• i6.) 

 Bladder warty River Trem-ella. Anglis. 

 Upon the rocks in the Highland rivulets, near the 



foot of the moun tains- frequent. 



M m m 2 This 



