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428 4.Peltidea. lOS.CENOTHALAME^. Pl.eell.aph.
4>. Peltidea aphthosa. Thrush shield-moss.
Thallus livid greenish, smooth; underneath networked
with black veins ; cephalodia wartshape, scattered ; fertile
lobes rather long, narrow in the middle, edge turned over;
apothecia terminal, large, ascending, red; thalloid border
turned in, rather torn.
Lichenoides digitatum l^te virens ; verrucis nigris notatum, Dillen
Muse. 207.
Lichen verrucosus, Weber Fl. Germ. 275.
Lichen aphthosus, Lin. S. P. 1616; Engl. Bot. 1119.
Peltigera aphthosa, Huffm. Germ. 107.
Peltidea aphthosa, Achar. Meth. 287 ; Lichen. .516.
On the ground and mosses in thick woods.
5. Peliidea canina. Mad-dog shield-moss.
Thallus grey, greenish, rather downy; underneath networked
with grey-brown veins; y'er^i/e lobes rather long,
edge turned over ; apothecia terminal, rather upright, rolled
outwards, reddish; thalloid border thin, slightly crenulated.
Lichenoides peltatum terrestre cinereum majus, foliis divisis, Raii Syn.
76, 87.
Lichen caninus, Lin. S. P. 1616.
Peltigera canina, lloffm. Germ, 106.
Peltidea spuria, Achar. Meth. 283.
Peltidea canina, Achar. Lich. 617.
Ashcolour ground-liverwort.
On the ground in woody mountainous places.
' Recommended by Dr. Mead as a specific for the bite of
a mad dog, mixed with an equal weight of pepper.
6. Peltidea crispa. Crisp shield-moss.
Thallus many-leaved, grey, brown, reddish, rather
downy ; lobes deeply sinuately-jagged ; jags narrow, edge
raised, crisp ; fertile lobes very rare, short ; apothecia hood-
ed, rolled over.
Lichenoides peltatum terrestre rufescens, Raii Syn. 76,88,
Lichen rufescens, Necker. Meth. 79.
Peltigera rufescens, Hoffm. Germ. 107.
Peltidea rufescens, Achar. Meth. 285.
Peltidea canina crispa, Achar. Lich. Univ. 519.
On the ground among and on stones.
7. Peltidea polydactyla. Many-fingered shield-moss.
Thallus sea-greenish, naked, bald ; underneath networked
with brown veins ; fertile lobes very numerous,
long ; apothecia teiminal, dark brown ; edge hooded, rolled
over.