238 W. Lauder Lindsay’s Ewperiments on the 
TABLE III. 
Showing the Species and Varieties the Alcoholic Solution* of which gives 
ared} reaction with Solution of Chloride of Lime. t 
Name of Lichen. Fugitive. i ze 
Borrera furfuracea, ‘ 5 : Brown. 
Cornicularia aculeata? . ‘ ‘ : Cherry. 
Endocarpon Hedwigii, . ‘ : , 
Evernia Prunastri, ; “a , : Blood. 
Gyrophora deusta, : . ; : oe 
erosa, : Cherry. 
murina, 3 specimens 1 from Switzer- 
land, Nowway and Scotland, \ Chery. Cherry, Blood: 
hirsuta, 3 specimens from nel Chan 
zerland and France, as J: 
hyperborea, 2 specimens from Do. — — 
ellita, 3 specimens from Scotland 
P 4 ae BF a ig } Cherry. — Cherry. 
polyphylla, 4 specimens from Eng- 
land, France, and Switzerland, } a. aT aise 
proboscidea, 3 specimens fromNor- } aa 
way, France, and Scotland, ‘ 
vellea, ; ; : Cherry. — 
Lecanora coenisia, ; . i : = 
glaucoma, P ‘ : : — 
parella var. albo-flavescens, Cherry. Cherry. 
tartarea, 3 specimens from Scotland, 
France, and Switzerland, 
Lecidea atro-pruinosa, var. microphylla, Cherry. 
Pink. Blood. 
* This merely means the result of boiling the comminuted lichen in weak spirit. 
It may be considered a solution of the colorific principles of the plant, as most of 
these are soluble in alcohol. 
t This term includes light and dark shades of— 
a. yellowish or orange red. 
b. brownish-red, such as sherry and claret colours. 
c. cherry, blood, or pinkish red. 
The above list includes the greater number of the species useful as dye-agents. 
Most of them will be found to yield on ammoniacal maceration, rich red or purple 
tints, but not uniformly. (Vide Table xiii.) 
t A solution of common bleaching powder. The active ingredient is probably 
the hypochlorite of lime it contains ; so that, so far as concerns its use as a colorific 
test, this solution may be considered one of hypochlorite of lime. 
