428 4. Peltidea. 103. CENOTHALAMEZ. Pi. cell. aph. 
4 Peltidea aphthosa. Thrush shield-moss. 
Thallus livid greenish, smooth; underneath networked 
with black veins; cephalodia wartshape, scattered; fertile 
lobes rather long, narrow in the middle, edge turned over ; 
apothecia terminal, large, ascending, red; thalloid border 
turned in, rather torn. 
Lichenoides digitatum late virens; verrucis nigris notatum, Dillen 
Musc. 207. 
Lichen verrucosus, Weber Fl. Germ. 275, 
Lichen aphthosus, Lin. S. P. 1616; Engl. Bot. 1119. 
Peltigera aphthosa, Ho ffm. Germ. 107. 
Peltidea aphthosa, “char. Meth. 287 ; Lichen. 516. 
On the ground and mosses in thick woods. 
5. Peltidea canina.. Mad-dog shield-moss. 
Thallus grey, greenish, rather downy; underneath net- 
worked with grey-brown veins; fertile lobes rather long, 
edge turned over; apothecia terminal, rather upright, rolled 
outwards, reddish; ¢hallozd border thin, slightly crenulated. 
Lichenoides peltatum terrestre cinereum majus, foliis divisis, Raii Syn. 
716, 87. 
” Lichen caninus, Lin. S. P. 1616. 
Peltigera canina, Hoffm. Germ. 106. 
Peltidea spuria, Achar. Meth, 283. 
Peltidea canina, Achar. Lich. 517. 
Ashcolour ground-liverwort. 
On the ground in woody mountainous places. 
- Recommended by Dr. Mead as a specific for the bite of 
a mad dog, mixed with an equal weight of pepper. 
6. Peltidea crispa. Crisp shield-moss. 
Thallus many-leaved, grey, brown, reddish, rather 
downy; lobes deeply sinuately-jagged; jags narrow, edge 
raised, crisp; fertile lobes very rare, short; apothecia hood- 
ed, rolled over. 
Lichenoides peltatum terrestre rufescens, Rast Syn. 76, §8. 
Lichen rufescens, Necker. Meth.-19. 
Peltigera rufescens, Hoffm. Germ. 107. 
Peltidea rufescens, Achar. Meth. 285. 
Peltidea canina crispa, Achar. Lich. Univ. 519. 
‘On the ground among and on stones. 
7. Peltidea polydactyla. Many-fingered shield-moss. 
Thallus sea-greenish, naked, bald; underneath net- 
worked with brown veins; fertile lobes very numerous, 
long; apothecia terminal, dark brown; edge hooded, rolled 
over. 
