CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG^. Lichen. 
the spring- brown. Tubercles not common, very small, scarlet, on short 
foot-stalks, the cups now splitting into segments forming stalks to the 
tubercles. Dill. 
(Thread-shaped Lichen. L . tuhiformis. Lightf. 871. Cenomycejiliformis , 
Hook. E.) Blackheath, near Greenwich, and other similar situations. 
Dill. Woods, at the roots of old trees, Lightf. and walls. Relh. 
Var. 2. Cups very small, brown within : stems very short. 
Dill. 14. 11. 
Leaves numerous, small, glaucous green above, white underneath, smaller, 
shorter, broader, less cut and less upright than the preceding. Cups 
shorter, brown within, very small. Dill. Heaths near Charlton and 
Woolwich. Jan.—Feb. Dill. 
L. coccif'erus. Tubercles scarlet: cup simple, greenish grey, very 
entire, stem cylindrical. 
(E. Bot. 2051— EL Dan. 1188. 1. E.)— Happ. iii. Lichen 5. 1— Dill. 14. 7— 
Vaill. 21. 4— Mich. 41. ord. 8. 3. 
Caps greenish, grey, sometimes springing one out of another. Tidies slender, 
cups at first but little hollowed, edged with beautiful scarlet tubercles. 
Dill. 
(Scarlet Cup Lichen. Cenomyce coccifera. Achar. Hook. E.) Common 
on heaths. Oct.—April.* 
L. cornu'tus. Tubercles scarlet: cups entire: stems simple, rather 
distended. 
Dill. 15. 14— Hoffm.Lich. 25. 1— (E. Bot. 1836. E.)— Barr. 1277. 1. 
Crust on the ground, supporting curled leaves, and these producing tubular 
fructifications, upright or bending, smooth or rough with a mealy crust, 
greenish or greyish, hollow, entire at the top, pointed or forked, with or 
without tubercles, sometimes branched at the base. Tubercles on the 
edge of the tubes, which then appear as if cut across. Dill. 
(Horned Cup Lichen. CenomyceJimbtiata ?] cornuta. Achar. Hook. E.) 
On moist heaths and moors. On oak pales in Edgbaston Park. 
L. digita'tus. Tubercles scarlet: cup entire, knotted: stems very 
much branched : branches cylindrical. 
(E. Bot. 2439 — FL Dan. 1188. 2. E.)— Dill. 15. J9. 
Tubercles numerous, scarlet. In doubt whether to reckon this as bearing 
cups. When without tubercles the stems terminate in blunt unequal 
finger-like horns, forming a kind of cavity but not a proper cup. Stems 
hollow, one or one and a half inch high, hoary grey, mostly branched, of 
unequal thickness, rough with greyish or brownish eminences. Tubercles 
terminating, numerous, fine scarlet. Leaves small, hoary, slightly cut. 
Dill. 
(Fingered Cup Lichen. Cenomyce digitata. Achar. Hook. E.) Barren 
heaths and woods at the decayed roots of trees. Dill. (Not frequent. 
Gathered by Mr. Burgess Mac-Garroch, near Kirkmichael, Dumfries¬ 
shire. E. Bot. E.) Feb. 
L. cornucopioi'des. Tubercles scarlet; cup grey green, shorter than 
the leaves: edged with a leafy fringe. 
Dill. 14. 9. 
* (A scruple of this Lichen taken four times a day may be used with success in chin- 
cough. Dr. Home. E.) ‘ ' 
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