. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Mc. 372. A=^Xiuiiliona {Fanmhaj panciina, the coiiiiiiou foliaLCOUb- y(. lli.)\v Lit^lien. B = Clad(ynia rangifera, a fruticose Lichen- Both hc-ar ascus-truits, and are shown natural size, (.\fter Strasburger.) (Chapter XL). The Lichens are verv various in form. In simple cases they may be filamentous, as m Ephebe, which is like a filamentous Alga with a fungus growing in its mucilaginous walls. Some appear as flat gelatinous thalli, readilv swelling with water, as in Colleina, wliieh is based upon the gelatinous Alga, A'Osloc. Others are more firm in text
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Mc. 372. A=^Xiuiiliona {Fanmhaj panciina, the coiiiiiiou foliaLCOUb- y(. lli.)\v Lit^lien. B = Clad(ynia rangifera, a fruticose Lichen- Both hc-ar ascus-truits, and are shown natural size, (.\fter Strasburger.) (Chapter XL). The Lichens are verv various in form. In simple cases they may be filamentous, as m Ephebe, which is like a filamentous Alga with a fungus growing in its mucilaginous walls. Some appear as flat gelatinous thalli, readilv swelling with water, as in Colleina, wliieh is based upon the gelatinous Alga, A'Osloc. Others are more firm in texture, and form variouslv flattened thalli, more or less closely attached to the substratum of rocks, roofs, or tree-trunks, etc. Others again arc erect or pendulous, and often liranchetk rising freelv from their Ijase of attachment. In texture they are liriltlc \\hcn drv, but more or less leathery when moist, and tliev wiry greatly in colour from grey to more vivirl yehow, or c\-en red. Tliev are curiously. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948. London, Macmillan and co. , limited
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