820 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



The leaves arc fmooth and fhining, of a glofly 

 olive colour, expanded flat in a circle of one or 

 two rnches in diameter, and obtufely lobed at 

 the extremities. 



Some fpecimcns are covered in the centre with a 

 crowd of granulated farinaceous tubercles, of 

 the fame colour as the leaves. Thefe we never 

 obferv'd to produce Ihields. 



Others have numerous concave Ihields in the cen- 

 tre of the leaves, of a fufcous olive colour, 

 their margins and outfidcs covered with nume- 

 rous little fmooth warts, or tubercles. The 

 leaves are alfo fpriogled over with the fame kind 

 of tubercles. The fhields arc rarely found. 



1 here is alfo a variety of this Lichen, which pro- 

 duces fmooth Ihields, but in other refpeds Cim't- 

 lar. It is figured by Dillenius^ Hifi. tnufc. /. 24. 

 / ';7, A.'C. and by Michel. /. 51. Ordo XIX. 



'ibu^ -'2 ^' imb''*^catus, foliis lobaris truncatis crenatis atro- 



^ viridibus>, fcutellis concoloribus. :>yjl. nat. edit. 



13. p. 806. Hudf. Jng. 447. {DilUn. mujc. /. i^ 



/. 23.) 

 Curled Jelly Lichen. Anglis. 



Jn fisady ftoncy places, and at t.hc toot of walls 



and rocks. 



' - The fubdance of this is thick and jtlly-likc, the 



cohour a black green. The leaves lie upon the 



... ,: ;.: grotind, one Over another, divided into broad 



■■ obtufc lobes ac the cxitcmiciesy vehich lobes 



are' 



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