CRYPTOGAMIA aLG^. S49 



, The leaves are varioufly lacinlated, in a good mea- 



; iure like the radical leaves of the &;;m^J^r(j/'^^ 



or common ragwort ; when young and frefh, of 

 a dull green, but, when old or dry, of a fufcous 

 or reddifh brown colour. Their upper fide is 

 fmooth and pitted, their under one covered witb 

 a dark fufcous fpongy down, almoft black to- 

 wards the bafe of the leaves, but light-brown or 

 buff-colour'd near the extremities of the feg- 

 rnents. Interfperfed among this down are many- 

 little holes or cavities, which appear like round 

 white points or dots. 

 The fhields, or pelt^^ are very rarely found. They 

 grow at the extremities of the fegmehts, of d 

 roundifh or oval form, very fmall, and chefnut- 

 colour'd. Befides which Ihields, the difc of the 

 leaves, and the prominent v/rinkles on the fur- 

 face, are often fprinkled with brov/nilli or whitifli 

 faririacebus tubercles. In one fpecimen we ob- 

 fcrved thefe tubercles, and the little holes amongft 

 the down, of a bright yellow colour. 

 Ihe dry leaves, when foak'd in water, yield a 

 ftrong urinous fmell. 



horizonta- L. coriaceus repens lobatus obtufus glaber, peltis 

 iis 60. marginalibus horizontalibus planis. Syfl. nat. edit. 



13. p. 808. Flud/. Jng. 453. (Michel, gen. t. 44. 

 trd. 12. f. I. i^ f. 6. DilUn, mujc. t. iS.f. 104 

 Oeder. Dan. t. 533. opt.) 

 Brown flat-fhielded Lichen. Anglis. 



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