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 TAB. CCLIV. With. ed. 3. v. 4. 390.

the brightness of the colour this small plant maybe known, with a little experience, at first light. On a nearer inspection, the generally contracted apex will distinguish it. I have found it growing on oak, elder and other stumps, and Sometimes prettily relieved by a ground of the Sphæria decorticans. TAB. CCLV.

With. ed. 3. v. 4. 391.

generally in clusters, the specimens commonly so pressed together at their base as to make that part the smallest; and the apex is more or less indented, very visibly so in dried plants.