^iH CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^f:. 



underneath ; the fhiclds are a little funk or con- 

 cave, and of a dark reddifh brown or chcfnut 

 colour. 



eilian's 40. L.foliaceus ercftiufculus, laciniis lincaribus ciliatis, 

 Icutcllis pedunculatis crenatis. Sp.pl. 161 1. (Ls- 

 efel. PruJJ. 17 1 . /. 50. Fail. Paris, t. 20./. 4. Dil- 

 lin mujc. t. 10. f. 45.) 

 Hairy or ciliated Lichen. Anglis, 

 On trunks of trees frequent. 



\t grows in loofc, widely-cxpandird tufrs, com* 

 pofed of ftiff leaves, varioufiy divided into nar- 

 row fegments, which are ciliated on the edges 

 with long black, or grey hairs. The colour of 

 rhc leaves, when dry, is grey, fometimes tinged 

 with brown ; when wet, a fine glaucous or fea^ 

 green •, the under fide white. 



The fhields fland on very fhort footftalks. The 

 colour of the dijc, when young, is grey, after- 

 wards dark brown, and when old, large anci 

 black, furrounded with a grey or glaucous 

 dented margin. 



Some fpecimens are fprinkled over with many fmall 

 warts, of the fame colour as the leaves. 



There is a fmall variety of this, the colour of 

 which is invariably white, whether moift or dry. 

 The leaves are fofter, fliorter, and more finely 

 divided. 



The fhields are fmall and black, with hardly any 

 peduncles, and their margins not dented. 



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