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CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGAL Lichen. 
Crust leafy, greenish. Cups grey, edged with a leafy fringe, tipped with 
small brown tubercles, often proliferous. Dill. 
Moors and heaths, with L. cocciferus. P. Jan_Dec. 
(Cornucopia Lici-ien. Probably a var. of L. cocciferus, and so designated 
by Dr. Hooker, as Cenomyce coccifera, var. /3 cornucopioides. E.) 
F. Somewhat cruslaceous; Shrub-like. 
L. siliquo'sus. Saucers grey white, lateral; plant solid, compressed, 
somewhat branched. 
Dill. 17. 38— II. Ox. xv. 7. row 3. 4. 
Stems many, from a chalky base, upright, stiff, swollen but compressed, 
fdled with a white fungous substance, one to two inches high, simple or 
with two or three forks; at first even, but with age furrowed lengthwise 
and divided across like a pod containing seeds. In time these inequalities 
project like small warts, of a grey white colour, whilst the rest of the 
plant is grey green, becoming yellowish with age. Dill. When full 
grown they form concave saucers. 
(Compressed Pod-like Lichen. E.) On the large stones called Grey 
Wethers scattered over Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, and on rocks in 
Wales. Dill. P. Jan.—Dec. 
JL. globif'erus. Tubercles black within, globular, terminating; plant 
brownish, polished, solid, much branched ; branches cylindrical. 
Hoffm. Lich. 31. 2 — Dill • 17. 35— E. Dot. 115— FI. Dan. 960— Mich. 39. 6. 
Similar to L. paschalis, but smoother, leafless, and the branches terminated 
by globular tubercles, hollow with a small mouth, gaping spherically, 
black within. Linn. Slender, very much branched, glaucous grey, one to 
two inches high, cylindrical, soft when fresh, stiff when dry, smooth. 
Tubercles terminating, numerous, globular, containing a black powder, 
the outer coat thick, cracking in three or four places. Dill. 
(Leafless Globe-bearing Lichen. L.globifer. Gmel.Syst. Veg. Splice - 
rophoron coralloides. Achar. Hook. E.) Rocks at Tunbridge. On the 
Stieperstones, Shropshire. Snowdon, and in the Highlands and Lowlands. 
Rocks in the mountainous part of Dartmoor, Devonshire. Mr. Newberry. 
Rocks in the North of England. Mr. Woodward. (On Cheviot; also 
near Harbottle and Heddon on the wall. Mr. Winch. E.) 
L. fra'gilis. Saucers filled with black powder, terminating; plant 
solid, branches nearly cylindrical, blunt. 
E. Bot. 114— Dill. 17. 34— Hoffm. Lich. 33. 3— FI. Lapp. 11. 4— Jacq. 
Misc. ii. 9.6. c. 
It cannot be gathered without breaking, except when moist, as it is more 
brittle than a Coralline, which it also much resembles. Linn. Stem and 
branches short, cylindrical, solid, brittle, blunt, rather shining, dirty 
white, often reddish at the ends: white within. Jacquin. Grows com¬ 
pacted together, shrub-like, one or one and a half inch high. Roots 
woody, brown black, penetrating the fissures of schistus rocks. Stem 
stiff*, like ivory. Branches numerous, cylindrical, smooth, blunt at the 
end, forked or entire. Fruit-bearing plants thicker, broader, compressed, 
pitted and unequal. Tubercles hard, solid, globular, filled with sooty 
powder. Dill. 
