Flora Medica

CLADONIA.cumference, free beneath in the centre, the sides reflexed, uniformwithin.1340. C. sanguinea Martins ic. plant, crypt, xxix. t. 11. f. 1.Rocks and bark of bushes in Brazil.Thallus leafy, very thick, imbricated ;beneath scarlet frosted withwhite, above green and somewhat gelatinous. Lobes crenulated, ascending.Podetia nearly solid, cavernous, split into fingered lobeseither wholly or at their apex only. Shields marginal, confluent,scarlet. Martins. Rubbed down with sugar and water this is foundto be an excellent remedy in Brazil, for aphthae in children.1341. C. vermicularis Hooker. B. F. ii. 234. Cenomycevermicularis Ach. syn. 278. Lichen vermicularis E. B. t. 2029.On the ground in the northern parts of the world.Podetia spreading horizontally, pure white, subulate, simple or slightlybranched, branches tapering at each end. Used in South America ana stomachic, under the name of Contrayerba blanca.1342. C. rangiferina Hooker B. F. ii. 235 Cenomyce rangiferinaAch. syn. 277. Lichen rangiferinus E. Bot. t. 173.Moors, heaths and mountains, common. (Rein Deer Moss.)Podetia erect, elongated, roughish, cylindrical, greenish-white, verymuch branched, the axils perforated, the branches scattered, oftenintricate, divaricated, the ultimate ones drooping. Shields subglobose,brown, on small erect branchlets. One of the most nutritious ofthis order, and nearly free from the bitterness of some of the esculentkinds.SCYPHOPHORUS.Thallus foliaceous, imbricated. Podetia fistulose, cylindrical,dilated upwards, bearing cups, or attenuated and subulate ; cupsclosed with a membrane or cleft at the extremity, often rayedin a somewhat digitated manner, the rays all fertile. Shields(cephalodia) convex, capituliform, not bordered, free in the centrebeneath, arranged around the edges of the cup, the margin reflexed,uniform within.1343. S. pyxidatus Hooker B. F. ii. 238. Cenomyce pyxidataAch. synops. 252. Lichen pyxidatus E. B. 1. 1393. Commonon heaths, moors, and high land.Podetia allThallus foliaceous, the segments crenulated, ascending.turbinate, elongated, cup-bearing, at length granulated, warty, rough,greyish-green, cups regular, the margin at length proliferous.Shieldsbrown. This and the following have both the credit of being astringentand febrifugal.1344. S. cocciferus Hooker B. F. ii. 240. Cenomyce cocciferaAch. syn. 269. Lichen cocciferus E. Bot. t. 2051.Common on heathy moors.Thallus leathery, pale greenish-grey, mealy, the scales minute, lobedand crenated. Podetia elongated, turbinate, mealy, all cup-bearing; cupswith their margins often radiated bearing the scarlet shields.629 s s 3