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NT. V 
CRYPTOGAM I A. 
( Continued .) 
ALGrE. 
LI'CHEN.* Male ; scattered wart-like substances. Fem. 
smooth Saucers or Tubercles in which the 
seeds are imbedded. See Intr. Crypt, v. i. 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE LICHENS. 
A. Substance like powder. 
B. (1) Crustaceous, granulated; with Black Lines. 
(2) Crustaceous, granulated; with Tubercles. 
(3) Crustaceous, granulated; with Saucers. 
(4) Crustaceous, granulated; with both Tubercles and Saucers. 
C. Crustaceous, tiled,, spreading, flat, fixed down to the substance on 
which it grows. 
D. Somewhat crustaceous ; leaf-like, tiled, loose. 
E. Somewhat crustaceous; bearing cups shaped like a jelly-glass. 
F. Somewhat crustaceous; shrub-like, shooting into branches resem¬ 
bling a shrub, or branches of coral. 
G. Somewhat crustaceous; thread-like. 
IT. Leafy, herbaceous. 
I. Root single; in the centre of the plant. 
K. Foliage tough, like leather. 
L. Gelatinous. Foliage when fresh and moist, like jelly. 
A. Substance like powder. 
L. al'bus. Very white ; between powdery and crustaceous. 
Hoffm. Enum. 1. 3 —(E . Bot. 1349. E.) — Dill. 1. 2 — FI. Dan. 840. 4. 
Very nearly allied to L. corallinus. Huds. Follows the figure of the 
plants on which it grows, giving them the appearance of having been 
* (From A eiyviV) a sort of leprosy: Dioscor. Mart. Plin. probably alluding to the 
appearance of trees, rocks, or stones, incrusted with these plants. E.) 
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