«59 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGM, 



cave, thin, afli-colour'd above, pale brown un- 

 derneath, and radiated with fine rigid fibres. 

 As the plant grows old the branches become co- 

 vered with a white, rough, warty cruft j but 

 the young ones are deftitute of it. 

 , ' , It was formerly ufed in the (hops as an aftringent 

 ''J' ' to flop haemorrhages, and cure ruptures, but is 

 "■ " out of the modern practice. 



Linnxus informs us, that the Laplanders apply it 

 to thejr feet to relieve the excoriations occafion'd 

 by much walking. 



hcrbatus^S L. filamentofus pendulus fubarticulatus, ramis pa- 

 tentibus. Sp.pl. ibii. (Dillen. muj(. 1. 12./. 6.) 

 Bearded Lichen. AngHs. 



't- ' Vpon the branches of old trpes in thick woods 



v ■ and pine-forefts. : , . 



The ftalks, or firings, are flightly branched, and 

 pendulous, from half a foot to two feet in 



, . . . length, fmaller than thofe of the preceding, 

 being littler bigger than a tay^or's common fcw- 



', ■ ing-thread, cylindrically jointed towards the 

 bale, but furrounded every where elfe with nu- 

 merous horizontal capillary fibres, either fimple 

 or flightly branched. Their colour a, whitifl^ 



green. 



The fhields ^re rarely found. According to Dille- 

 nius they are very fmall, l^efh-colour'd, and 

 fcfTile, and adhere to the fides of the branches. 



From 



