874 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.?:. 



It may in general be readily enougli diftinguifl-icd 

 by its tall, fmooth, flender ftalks, of a brownifli 

 colour, fome of thcni iubulate, others terminat- 

 ing in fmall cups, and others with cups which 

 fhootout from their mar^-^ns lono; fubulate horns. 



The flalks are often a little branched, but a va- 

 riety fometimes occurs having dichotomous ftalks 

 greatly branched, and fmall deeply ferrated, or, 

 more properly, finely radiated cups. See DH- 

 len. /. 14./- 13' E. 



(itgiUUus oo Y„ fcyphifer ramofinimus, ramis cylindricis, caly- 

 c\bus integris nodofu, S^. pL 1620. (DiUen.mufu 

 t. i5.f. 19. J. B.C.) 

 Branched Lichen, with fcarlet heads. Anglis. 

 In woods ai the roots of old trees, and in barren 

 heaths. 



The ftalks are about an inch high, tubular, of a 

 hoary grey colour, covered with minute crulta- 

 ceous leaves towards the bafe. and a farinaceous 

 powder tov/ards the top, fometimes fimple, and 

 fometimes divided into a few branches. Each 

 of thefe branches forms an obfcure cup near its 

 fummit, from which, as a centre, arife feveral 

 fecondary branches, or horns, tipp'd with Icarlec 

 tubercles. 



It is probably no other than a variety of the L. 



L. fcj- 



