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51. Lichen-like Mn'mm, with divided leaves (d)> is not common. 

 I obferved it on a large rock on the edge of the brook oppofite 

 to Tccket, on the fouth fide, fparingly. It is difpofed in an orbi- 

 cular form, from the fize of a fhilling to that of a crown-piece, 

 of a deep purple at the bafe, and of a bright yellowifli-green at 

 the edges, elegantly laciniated. The fructifications are globuli- 

 ferous, on capillary pedicles about an inch long, mature in Sep- 

 tember. It is a beautiful plant. 



For the firft difcovery of the flowers and feeds of mofles, we 

 are indebted to Micheli. 



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Next of Submarines. 



1. White Sea-Coralline (e). On the fhore near Dunjlonbrough- 

 caille, on the north fide, plentifully in fpring and autumn, on 

 fhells and other marine bodies, in tufts. It is commended as a 

 vermifuge, given from ten grains to two fcruples in a dofe. 



2. Capillaceous^dichotomous, purple fucus, "with mult ifid and yellow ex- 

 tremities, and 'white tophaceous hairy cafes on the bottom and part of the 

 upper branches (fj. With the former frequent. It is four or five 



(d) Blafia pufilla, lichenis pyxidati facie. Michel. Gen. PI. p. 14. t. 7. Elafia. Linn. 

 Flo. Suec. n. 933. Mjuum lichenis facie. Dill. Mufc. p. 237. 1.31. f. I. 



(e) Mufcus coralloicles fquamulis loricattis; C. B. Pin. p. 364. Mufcus coralloides can- 

 didus coralloides fquamatus. 7. B. Hift. ii. p. 249. Et, Corallina. Ejufd. iii. p. 810. 

 Tourn. Inft. p. 570. Sertularia ramis teretibus, articulis cylindricis lupideis sequalibus. 

 Linn. Flo. Lapp. n. 536. Flo. Suec. n. 1134. 



(f) Fucus tricoides noftras aurei coloris, ramulorum apicibus furcatis. Raj. Syn. iii. 

 p. 45. Plukntt. Phyt, t. 184. f. 2. 



inches 



