CRYPTOGAMIA ALGM, 897 



It grows in erefl tufts, from half an inch to two 

 inches in height, of a fine yellow or lemon co- 

 lour, which readily difcovers it. The filaments 

 which compofe it are not cylindrical, but a little 

 compreis'd, and uneven on the furface, varioufly 

 branched, the angles obtufe, and the branches 

 ftraggling and entangled one wkh another. 



The old fpecimens are covered with farinaceous 

 warts, of a pale yellow color, intermix'd v/ith 

 which, we obferv'd here and there a few very 

 minute, fmooth, papillary tubercles, with a punc- 

 ture in the centre, which feem'd to indicate they 

 were young fhields to be afterwards expanded. 



Linnaeus informs us, that the inhabitants of Smo- 

 land^ in Sweden, dye their yarn of a yellow co- 

 lor v/ith this Lichen ; and that the Norwegians 

 deftroy wolves by fluffing dead carcafes vvith 

 this mofs reduced to powder, and mix'd with 

 pounded glafs, and fo expofing them in the 

 ■winter feafon to be devoured by thofe animals. 



hridus L. filamentofus ramofus erecftus, fcutellis radiatis. 

 ^' Sp. pi. 1624.. (Ger. emac. 1560. /. 5. Moris, hifi. 



III. p. 635. / 15. /. 7. /. 14. ultima. BiUen. 

 mufc. t. 13. /. 13. opt. Michel, gen. t. 39. /. 5.) 

 Upright flowering Lichen. Anglis. 

 Upon the branches of old trees, not very uncom- 

 mon. 



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