CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^E. 841 



fligluly divided into very obtufc lobes at the 



margin. 



The Ihields are of a fufcous red colour, fmall, 

 numerous, and crowded, and grow near the 

 centre of the leaves. 



We have obferved other fpeclmens, dcftitute of 

 fnields, the leaves of which have been granu- 

 lated with an infinite number of fmall tubercles, 

 of the fame colour with the leaves. 



fafcKular'iS L. foliaceus gelatinofus, tuberculis turbinatis fafci- 

 53* culatis fronde majoribus. htn. mantifs. 133. Syft, 



vat. ediL i^.p. 808. {Di'len. mufc. t. K^.f.zi^) 



Little palmatcd duller Lichen. Anglis. 



Obferv'd frequently in fbady places on the north 

 fide of the trunks of trees, particularly of the 

 afn, by the Rev. Dr. Burgefs, of Kirkmirbael, in 

 Dumfriespire. 



The leaves grow in ere<5i: clufters, hardly a quarter 

 of an inch high, of a blackilh green colour, 

 gelatinous and pellucid, like a Tremclla^ wideft 

 at their extremities, and filghtly palmated. 



The fruftific.itions are placed upon the very rips 

 of the fegments, and therefore appear as \f fup- 

 ported on Ihort peduncles. They arc numerous, 

 crowded, and large for the iize of the leaves, 

 appearing at firtl Imall and convex, like tuber- 

 cles, afterwards larger and fiat, and, laft of s]U 

 concave, with obtufe margins. They are ox 



