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is neverthelefs true, that other of the lichens had as 
great a (hare in the compofition as the ufnea ; as the 
•demand for that powder could not have been an- 
fwered, if the makers had confined themfelves to 
the ufnea alone. It was necefifary too, inafmuch as 
other fpecies are equally well adapted to the fame 
ufes (8). 
This ufnea is abundantly plentiful in the woods of 
Lapland ; and Linmeus (9) relates, that the inhabit- 
ants apply it to their feet, when they are fore and ex- 
■coriated with much walking. The benefit they receive 
from it in this cafe is undoubtedly owing to its ftyptic 
quality, which is remarked by Matthiolus, and by 
Mr. Ray (10) from the German Ephemerides. 
The beard ufnea before mentioned, which is a- 
bundantly common upon the trees both in the north- 
ern regions of Europe and America, as well as in the 
eaftern kingdoms, and is defcribed by Mr. Ray as 
hanging to the length of two feet, the filaments of 
which are not thicker than a common thread, and 
of a greeniih white colour, is ufed by the inhabitants 
of Penfylvania to dye an orange colour with. This 
information Dillenius received from Mr. Bartram. 
The black mane ufnea y which grows in vaft quan- 
tities in the Lapland woods, in a defedl of the com- 
mon coralline mofs makes part of the fodder, and is 
equally acceptable to the rein-deer in the winter 
time (11). 
(8) Flor. Lap. p. 342. e. Flor. Suec. Ed. II. ,p. 416. 
(9) Flor. Lap. p. 348. 
(10) Hift. Plant. 1 . p. 115. 
( 1 1 ) Ufnea jubata nigricans. Dillen. Hift. Mufc. p. 64. Lichen 
jubatus Lin. Sp. PI. 1155. Mufcus coraliinis faxatilis fankulaceus y 
Rock hair. Raii Syn. III. p. 65. n. 7. 
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