89S CRYPTOGAMIA ALG/E. 



The defcription already given of the L. biriuj 

 (No. loi.) will do equally well for the present, 

 with this addition only, that the branches of this 

 are terminated with large, flat, pale, afli-co- 

 lor'd fliields, ciliated or radiaicd on the inar- 

 '"■- - gins with many long fibres. 



It is not improbable but the L. birlus and this 

 are only fexual varieties, and both are very 

 nearly allied to the L. plicatus, and poffefs the 

 fame aftringent virtues. 



TREMELLA. Gen. pi hoa,. 

 FruEiificationes vix manifeft^ in corpore gela- 

 tinofo. 

 noftoc. I. TREIMELLA plicata undulata. Sp. pi. 1625. 

 (Michel, gen. t. 6y, f. i. Dillen. mufc. t. 10. 



■ /• i4.) 

 Jelly Rain Tremella. Jnglis. 



In paftures, and by the fides of gravel walks in 

 gardens, after rains, not uncommon, in fpring, 

 fummer, and autumn. 



This is a membranaceous, pellucid, and gelatinous 

 fubftance, without vifible root ; of a yellowifh 

 dull green color i afiuming various forms, either 

 round, angular, plaited, or folded together ir- 

 regularly, like the inteflines, or like a pocket 

 handkerchief", an inch or two or more in dia- 

 meter} foft to the touch when moill, but thin, 

 "5 membranaceous, 



