1898) 
RAMALINA RETICULATA 4 
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masses of li is inevi 
. ee is inevitable, that the catching of these, often 
... bla which fastens them securely on cues h 
,is very likely to occur ; and when the rain ceases a 
hich have grown from spores 
the right hand one is 
I 
e . % i : 
4 small fe young thalli of Ramalina reticulata W 
Younger and sti ny The left hand thallus has been broken 
P fics, 2 “4 intact. Natural size. : 
: " “9 32 4 
Sand 4 showing — of branches, showing narrower, backwardly rolled tips: 
Othe branchlets, ea Ts forking, in 3 with equal growth, in 4 with unequal growth 
| “a 5. Tip. xX wie is ova 
fig. 6, ose a 
Fig, 7, ea section, showing circinate rolling. X 96. 
»on the broad of a large thallus, showing apothecia (ap), 
strands bounding a large mesh. Natural size. 
‘Sizes, and branches of various 
as been caught, 
d so holds still 
y fixed till the 
the Ij 
aan chen drj 
8 Well as — * contracts somewhat where it h 
‘Nore tight] ong its whole length and breadth, an 
Ee y to its support. It thus remains firml 
