CRYFTOGAMIA ALG^. 889 



Upon the rocks near the 'Tarbet of Cantire we ob- 

 jerv'd fpecimens tinged with a bright red co- 

 lour, fo as to rcfembk very ftrongly rhe Coral- 

 Una rubens. Lin. Syft. nat.p. 1304.. . •;. - 



J. * Filameitjoji. 



pUcatus 94 L. filamentofus pendulus, ramis implexis, icut^sl- 

 lis radiatis. Sf). pi. 1622, [Dilkn. mufc. t. 11. f, 

 I. opt) 



The officinal ftringy Lichen. AifgHs., . 



Upon the branches of old trees, but not com- 

 mon. In B am t imp en- Linn ^ in the parifh of 

 Kirkpatrick, about live miles fouth, of Mp^cu^ ^ 

 \r\ Dumfriespire. Tiv. Burgefs. . ' 



The ftalks are a foot or more in length, cylindri- 

 cal, rigid, and ftring-fhap'd, very irregularly 

 branched, the branches entangled together, of 

 a cinereous or afh-colour, brittle and ftringy if 

 doubled fhorr, otherwifc tough and pliant, and 

 hang pendent from the trees on wiiich they 

 grow. The branches throughout their whole 

 length, but in fome pai ts more crowded than 

 pthers, fiioot out, at right angles, thick, fliff 

 fibres, fome fingle, Tome branched, of a grey 

 or adi-colour, the fineft and moft crowded com- 

 monly near the fummits. ^^ ^v■ '• 



The fhields grow generally at the extremities of 

 the branches, are nearly flar, or (lightly con- 

 cave, 



