CRYPl OGAMJA ALG^E. y^^ 



top, convex at bottom, of a fufcous green co- 

 lour, befet with numerous Tmall grains or tu- 

 bercles, fuppofed to be feeds. Thcfe warts arc 

 vifible in March and Aprii\ and continue till 

 yune. 

 The leaves have a peculiar ftrong fragrant fmell, 

 and acrid aromatic tafte. They arc fuppofed to 

 poflefs the fame attenuating quality as the firlt 

 kind, but in a higher degree. They are recom- 

 mended as an antilcorbutic, and to thin the 

 blood. 



RICCIA. Gen.pL 1200. 



Cal. o. nifi cavitatem veficularem intra folii fub- 



ftanriam. 

 Cor. o. Anthera cylindrica, fefTilis, germinl impo- 



fita. 

 Tijiil. G(?r;«^» turbinatum. v/y/a^filiformis, anthc- 



ram perforans. 

 Pericarp, fphasricum, coronatnm anthera emarcida. 

 Sem. hemifphscrica pedicellata. 



rlauca l RICCIA frondibus glabris canaliculatis bilobis ob- 

 tufis. Sp.pl. 1604. {Mich. gen. t. si-f- 4- ^'^'-iL 

 Paris, t. 19./. I. Dilkn.mujc. /. 78./. lo.) 

 Glaucous Riccia. Anglis. 



Upon rocks (lightly covered with earth, at the Tar- 

 bet ofCantire, &c. III. & X. 

 The leaves fpread fiat upon the ground, in a radi- 

 ated circular form, about the breadrli of a fix- 

 pence i 



