Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].

  • Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15428 Crust thin leprose powdery soft pale green.-yellow, Apothecia slightly convex pale yellowish : marg. obsol. 15429 Crust thin effuse somew. granul. black, Apothecia min. cluster, flat yellow, with an elevat. ent. paler marg. 15430 Crust thin smooth, white, Apoth. crowd, at length convex hemispher. margin, orange-color, white within ft Thallus crustaceous, of a regular figure or leaf. Lepidoma. 15431 Crust somewhat imbricated white hoary, Lobes crenate reflexed tumid, Apothecia appressed black glaucous ; edge finally wavy 15432 Crust somewhat imbricated brownish-black covered with a greyish powder, Lobes entire swelling, Apothecia black naked, at length hemispherical with the margin obsolete 15433 Crust imbricat. green.-brown, Lobes round, cren. paler ben Apothecia plane, at length somew. conv. black 15434 Crust somewhat contiguous lobed areolate and imbricated cinereous brownish-lurid, Lobes becoming flexuose cut-crenate, Apothecia appressed not edged flattish finally confluent 15435 Crust imbricated pale olive-green, Lobes distinct reniform nearly erect beneath and the margin powdery, Apothecia plane margined glaucous black 15436 Crust indeterminate very thin fibrous black with white convex crowded smooth warts, Apothecia solitary in each wart depressed coal-black with a border of the same color 15437 Crust somewhat imbricated, Lobes rounded crenate livid-brownish white beneath surrounding the apothecia, which are hemispherical clustered reddish not margined 15438 Crust subimbricated, Lobes distinct subpeltate roundish flesh-colored and red brown whitish beneath, Apothecia in their border convex and subglobose black : margin obsolete 15439 Crust imbricated glaucous white, Lobes minute rounded convex, Apothecia convex rufous brown be- coming blackish : margin thin entire 15440 Thallus slightly imbricated fragmentary grey.-green on a dense black fibrous cushion : its segm. somewhat linear lobed crenate and granular at the margin, Apothecia scattered tawny paler at the.marg. at length convex brown obliterating the margin 15441 Crust orbicul. rugose plait, hoary lobed-plait. in circumfer. Apothecia central plano-convex dark-colored 15442 Closely imbricated radiated membranous very smooth brownish-grey pale with black fibres below: its segments linear obtuse undulated, Apothecia black with a black border of their own substance 15443 Crust areolated-warted smoothish wavy, Apothecia sessile dark opaque, Disk flat tumid at edge 15444 Crust somewhat contiguous unequal whitish or none, Apothecia sessile subglobose dark smooth : disk dot-like becoming flattish with a thin shining margin 15445 Crust somewhat tartareous contiguous wrinkled olive-green, Apothecia roundish dark shining: disk depressed opaque, and stalks short whole-colored 15446 Crust effused greyish somewhat pulverulent: fructification subglobose, at length flattened greyish-black with a cylindrical thickish-black peduncle 15447 Crust very thin grey, smooth, Apothecia subglob.: disk dark-brown; margin greyish, Stripes filif. black 15448 Crust cartilaginous areolate rugose smooth yellow-green, Apothecia lentiform ferruginous powdery, Stems short cylindrical dark-pitch color thicker at base 15449 Crust lemon-yellow granulated and conglomerated: fructification subturbinate; disk brown convex, the border yellow and pulverulent, Peduncle filiform blackish and shining at the base 15450 Crust thin white ash-color. Apothe. becom. lentif.: disk black.-brown ciner. pruin. with a yell.-green marg. 15451; Crust thin whitish powdery, Apothecia lentiform : disk flesh-colored becoming brown powdered, Stalks filiform naked pale becoming brownish or black 15452 Crust effuse powdery greenish-yellow, Apothecia globose, and stalks filif. very long flexuose yellow.-green 15453 Crust leprous powdery pale yellowish-green, Apothecia hemispherical globose and stalks tapering up- wards straight powdered with fulvous 15454 Crust thin granulated tartareous rusty white, Apothecia on short stalks thick black often compound with a pale rusty disk 15455 Crust white granulat. Tuber, a little prominent round flatt. gray.-black powdery with a smooth black edge 15456 Crust granulated smooth greyish-white, Tubercles scattered roundish black polished wrinkled irregular without a border mostly sessile 15457 Crust membran. very thin white, Tuber, black convex with recurv. marg. on long slend. wavy black stalks 15458 Crust thin tartareous somewhat granulated of a verdigrease-grey, Apothecia on slender black stalks black hemispherical with a convex brownish-black disk 15459 Crust filmy very thin whitish, Apothecia on thickish black stalks obovate or hemispherical black with black prominent loose powder 15460 Thallus smooth blackish-green : ben. smooth black and naked, Apothecia at length conv. rough and plait. p Thallus of many Ivs. or lobes variously fold, black.-green quite black ben. on each side naked and smooth. 15461 Thallus membranaceous with elevated reticulations, at length of a smoky ash-color rough smoother paler and subfibrillose beneath, Apothecia turbinate, at length convex variously plaited (3 Thallus thick hard rigid with elevated dots rugose olive-brown becoming black naked smooth pale- yellow beneath, Apothecia globose 15462 Thallus somewhat naked dark greenish-grey folded and lobed strongly ciliated beneath smooth pale with branching fibres, Apothecia elevated nearly plane with concentric and plaited lines and Miscellaneous Particulars. complicated, observable in the disk of the receptacles of the shields. The species grow chiefly upon exposed alpine rocks, chiefly on granite or volcanic stones. The vitrified forts in the Highlands of Scotland produce some of them.