CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.E. 



■ .' . out of the very extremity of the fegmerus, of 

 ■, r ■ a chefnuc colour, very large, broad, and convex. 

 f?« Somctiines the leaves are much narrower, and 

 more lacinlated, in which ftate it is figured by 

 DiUauns^ t. 7.'i. f. 1 1 2 . 

 And feme auchors teach, th'at the edges of the 

 leaves, when young, are united throughout, fo 

 as to be tubular and cylindrical j in which cafe 

 the plant aHlimes the appearance of a minute 

 tlark brown, ciliated or prickly fhrub, about ai> 

 inch or two higii, very much branched, and tlie 

 branches enrangled together. Such a plant is 

 figured by DiUeniiis^ t. \~i-, f- 31. 

 Eut as we have feen this in friBSlification, and be- 

 lieve it to be a diflinft fpecies, we ihall rank 

 k in its proper place, under the divifion of L. 

 friii'uulcji. 

 N. B. '1 he [:]ant figured by DjUenius^ t. 17./. 32, 

 and which is cited by Linv.aus as a variety of the 

 1.. IJlnullr.its, mufl be a miftake, for we have 

 examined Ljil!c}iius''s Ipecimen, which correfponds 

 to the figure, and found it a very difl'erent fpe- 

 cies, belonging properly to the lafl divifion of 

 this gcnViS, and which we fnall defcribc in order. 

 The L. IJJandiciis.'n ufcd both for food and phyfic- 

 The inhabiumts of Icelajid take a decoclion of 

 the frefh leaves in water, in the Spring feafon, 

 to T-urge away noxious humours, which is fald 

 to operate powerfully. Bur, when dry'd, the 

 plant acquires a very different quality. The 



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