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INTRODUCTION TO CltYPTOGAMIC BOTANY. 



duced in damp places, under certain chemical conditions, 

 which gradually becomes organised, and then contains 



Fig. 18. 



a. Sporidesmium Lepraria, Berk., magnified from a, specimen com- 

 municated by Mr. Borrer. 



h. Cladonia cornuoopioides, Scha;r. Moug. No. 752, nat. size. 

 c. RocceUa fuciformis, D. C. var. from Valparaiso, nat. size. 



granules, which, according to the predominance of certain 

 phenomena of temperature, light, electricity, &c,, give rise 

 indifferently to Algse, Fungi, or Lichens, there would be 



