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800 rr- ,:,. aiYPTOGAMIA ALG^:. 



pence: each leaf of a whirifli green colour, thick. 



^ ., ^.. ~ • and opake, once or twice divided, and termi- 



-,' nated with two obtufe lobes, having a lon";itu- 



■'■» 'M .-'no ^i^"^^ furrow running along the middle trom the 



halt' to the circumference through every lobe. 

 (r -, ,,. The frudlifications we have not oblerved, but they 

 I - ■, are Uid to be Imall elobuks, dilpofed in rows 

 within the fubftance of the leaves. 



■ * ' LICHEN. Gen. ft. 1202. 



MASC. Receptacuhm fubrotundum, planiufculum 



nitidum. ' - 



FEM. Farina foliia'afperfa. 



.•"""•'" ■' '" '■'■'■ ' p^ * l.eprq/i iuhercutati. 



jcriljlus I. LICHEN Icprolus albicans, lineolis nigris ramofis 

 charaderiformibus. Sp. p'. 1906. {Michel, gen, t. 

 V.:.:,. ,,;k: 5^- f' 3 DilUn.mufc.t. \?^.f.i) 



Lettered Lichen. Jngl/s. 

 ^;-;Vvif~ On the finooth bark of trees frequent, as on beech, 

 oak, hornbeam, &c. 

 This is readily diftinguifhed by it's black fruftifi- 

 ' ''-^- - ' • cations, refembling fmall oriental charaders, 

 whicli, under the microicope, appear to be Ion- 

 ' ■ gitudinally wiinkled. 



There are two very remarkable varieties of this 



Lichen, which might perhaps be more properly 



confidered as dillind ipecles. 



behakusa. The Hrft has large black, fmooth fruftifications, 



aandlng in high relief, of no regular figure, but 



from 



