U2 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.E. 



the fame colour and fubftance as the leaves when 

 moiil, but reddifh brown -when dry. 

 , This Lichen continues the whole year, but is fcarce 

 , -: vifible, except in moift weather. 



r ■...did- , L. foliaceus membranaceus pellucidus ; foliorum 



&es 54. laciniis margine fimbriato crifpo. TR.EMEL- 



'LA lichenoides. Lin. Sp. pi. 1625. (Moris, hiji. 



3.^. 632./. 15. /. ']. f. 4. Michel, gen. p. 26. 



tab. 38. ord. III. Dillen.miifc. t. 19./. 31.J 



" .' ;, Tender membranaceous Lichen. Anglis. 



It grov/s very common upon the ground, inter- 

 mixed with Hypnums and other moiTes. 

 The leaves are very thin and tranfparent, from 

 half an inch to an inch high, either of a red- 

 duTi brown, or a dark blue flate color, variouOy 

 . ■ laciniated, the fegments curled and fringed, and 



fometi-n^es ciliated on the margins. 

 ■ .. The fhields are very rarely found. They have, 

 however, been found, which is enough to rc» 

 doce the plant to th.s genus. They are very 

 minute, numerous, and of a redciiHi colour. 

 -The leaves vary greatly in figure, according to 

 age and place of growth. 

 (^ Sometimes tliey are b.'-oadcr, and their fegments 

 n:;orc cbtule, as figured b)' DiUenius.., hiji' mi(fc, 

 t. \^).f. 32.) .. 



y. Soir,CLimcs they grow erecl in cluftcrs, very fhort, 

 .. the fegments broadeil at the extremities, and 



finely dented, as BiHen. wufc. t. 19./. 34. 



Laftly, 



