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L I C H E N refupinatus.
R e v e r fe d L i c h e n .
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CRTPTOGAATTA Alga,
Gen. Char. Male, fcattered warts. Female, fmootli
fliields or tubercles, in which the feeds are imbedded.
Spec. Char. Coriaceous, creeping, lobed, brown.
Shields marginal, on the under fide o f the frond.
Syn. Lichen refupinatus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1615. Hudf.
FI. An. 5 4 5 ' Ligbtf. Scot. 843, With. hot. Arr.
V. 3. 205.
Lichenoides faxatile fufcum, peltis in averfa folio-
rum fuperficie locatis. Rail Syn. 77.
L . fufcum, peltis pofticis ferrugineis. Dill. Mufc.
2 0 6 . t. 28. ƒ. 105.
I n wo o d s, c lin g in g clofe to th é mofly item s an d roots o f
tre e s, and alfo on rocks, in th e m o u n ta in o u s p a rts o f G re a t
B rita in . D illen iu s fo u n d it g row in g u p o n pebbles on th e Suf-
fex co a it, and D r. Sm ith on th e rock o f D um b a rto n C a itle,
Sco tlan d , in ih o ift an d fhady parts.
T h e fro n d s are fcarcely coria ceous, only its affinity w ith L .
caninus, &c. ju ftifie s its b e in g placed in th a t fe ftio n . T h e y
a re b row n , fm o o th , fom ew h a t imb ric ated , h o riz o n ta l, obtufely
lobed, th e ir e x tremitie s d ila ted , b e a rin g th e fhields on th e ir
u n d e r fide comp le te ly concealed from view till th e p lan t is d rie
d u p by any m eans, a n d th e n thofe ih ie ld -b e a rin g lobes are
reflexed. T h e diik o f th e fhield is ro u n d ifh , irreg u la r in ihape
an d various in fize, concave, taw n y o r b rick -c o lo u re d ; they
become d a rk e r in d ry in g , th o u g h th e co lo u r o f th e fro n d is
fc arc ely ch anged.