894 . CRYPTOGAMIA ALGtE, 



other as to bear, according to Dillenius, (otiit 

 refemblance to ^lack lace worn by the ladies. 

 ;; "We dilcovered no fruftifications upon it, unlefs 



iome veiy minute fmooth protuberances, difco- 

 verable only by the microfcope, about the ex- 

 tremities and other parts of the fibres, may be 

 allowed to be term'd fuch. The plant, when 

 moift, alTumes a black olive color. 

 The figure of Dilleyiitis above-cited, we are alTur'd, 

 belongs to the plant we have now defcribed, 

 , from having beeri indulged with a fight of the 

 author's fpecimens, which the figure refers to. 

 And that the plant now defcribed is the h.pu- 

 hefcens, of ]Jnn<eus^ we think there can be no 

 doubt, from the characters he has given of it. 



Linnaus mud, therefore, have erred in quoting 

 the figure of our plant, as relating to a variety 

 of his L. IJlafidicus. See above, under the ar- 

 ticle L. IJlandicui ; and alfo Sp, pL Lin, p. 1612 

 oppofite to variety y of the famei 



exilis 100. L. filamentofus ramofiflimus coefpitofus, filamen- 

 tis capiUaceis implexis opacis fcabris. (Dillen^ 

 nru/c. t. 13./. 9, quoad figuram.) 



Little black tufted Lichen. AngHs. 



Upon the niafl: naked rocks of the Highland 

 mountains, often in their cavities or bafons, 

 and upon fuch as are moiftened by the fpray 



