- L I C H E N croceus.
Saffron-coloured Lichen.
C R Y P T O G A M I A Alga.
Gen. Char. Male, fcattered warts.
Female, fmooth fhields or tubercles, in which the
feeds are imbedded.
Spec. Char.- Coriaceous, creeping, roundith, flat;
beneath veiny, downy and faffron-coloured.
Shields fcattered, flat, clofely attached to the
frond.
Syn. Lichen croceus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1616. Hudf. t 48.
TVith. V. 4. 63. Jacq. Coll. V. 4. 255. t. 11.
ĥ 2, 3 -
Lichenoides fubtus croceum, peltis appreflis. Dill.
Muß. 2 2 1 . t. 3 0 . / . 1 2 0 .
Peltigera crocea. Hoffm. PI. Lieh. t. 41. ƒ 2_4.
t. 42. ƒ. 4, 5.
O N E o f th e moft b e au tifu l, as well as th e moft ra re , o f o ur
a lpine C o h e n s , fo r frefh fpecimens o f w h ich we are indebted to
M r D o n o f F o rfa r, an d M r. Ma ckay o f E d in b u rg h ; an d thefe
a re th e m ore a c c ep tab le , as D illen iu s and Ho ffm an n knew the
p la n t in a bad d ried ftate only, th e la tte r having condefcended
to copy th e , n o t very excellent, d raw in g b y W u lfe n in Ja c q u in ’s
Collectanea, to r w a n t o f b e tte r materials.
T h is fpecies grows flat on th e g ro u n d , p a rticu la rly in fandy
b a rre n fpots o n a lpine h e a th s. I t forms c ircu la r p a tch es of
le a th e ry fro n d s, a little im b ric a ted , ob tu fely lobed. T h e ir
U? p e r /V rfacf 18 g ran u la ted , o f a fine g re en , tu rn in g brow n
w e n ry » t h e u n d e r fide is o f a mo ft-v iv id laffron o r orange
c o lo u r, w h ic h re ta in s its b e auty a long tim e , an d is marked
w u h m an y p rom in e n t v e in s, th row in g o u t roots. Shields
fc a tte re d , p len tifu l, flat, an d clofely a tta ch ed to th e fro n d , with
w h o fe e x te rn a i cu tic le th ey are a t firfl c o v e re d ; th ey are
ro u n d ith , fm o o th , c h e fn u t-co lo u red .
Lfaccatus, figured in t. 288, h a s m oft affinity w ith this, b u t
th e y a re fufficiently d if tin f t. 5