>i<i CRYPTOGAMIA ALGi€. 



'Iht flitclds are of a browntfti red coloOr, and 

 grow felTile out of t\\e nva-rgins of the fegments, 

 rarely out of their furfacc. Thefe iliiclds are 

 but fcklom produced. 



The wrinkles and margins of the legments of thofc 

 fame kavts, which produce Ihiclds, are otten 

 covered with farinaceous tubercles. 



This Lichen h.i5 an allringent bitter tafle, and, ac- 

 cording to Gmelitj, is Loilcd in ale in iitberioy in- 

 ftead ot hops. The ancients ufed it to cure 

 coughs, afthmas, and other diforders of th? 

 lungs, but it is out of the modern pradice. 



furfuraceut L- foliaceus decumbens furfuraceus laeiniis acutis, 



43. fubtus lacunofts atris. 8p. pi. \6i'i. {Buxb.cent. 



t. r,/. I. Michel, gen. t. 38. Ord. 4./. i DUlen, 



mujc.t, 2i.f. 52,0pL) 



Grey-horned branny Ltchcn. Anglss, 



Upon trunks of trees aad old pales, but not very 



CQir^moto. 

 The leaves grow in cUifters, either reclining or a 

 little ere^, laciniattd, and branched like ftag's 

 horns, foft and pliant when mcwft, ftift, but not 

 inflexible wh.cn dry. 1 he edges of the fcgr 

 meats are turned downward, whence the uppef 

 iiile of the leaves is convex, and the lower con- 

 rave •, the firft of a Ibrdid grey or afli-colour, 

 covered with rough farinaceous fpinules, tkc 

 orlirr bhitk iuid reticulated, 



Ihe 



