A POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH LICHENS, COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTION, USES, DISTRIBUTION, AND CLASSIFICATION. BY W. LAUDER LINDSAY, M.D., FELLOW OF THE BOTANICAL AND ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH, ETC. LONDON: LOVELL REEVE, 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1856. 191.0.96. E ΤΟ SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., LL.D., DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS OF KEW, AND DR. JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER, F.R.S., ASSISTANT-DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS OF KEW, THIS HUMBLE AND FIRST ATTEMPT TO POPULARIZE THE STUDY OF British Lichens IS, WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM, DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. "In minimis Natura præstat."-PLINY. "Natura maxime miranda in minimis."-LINNÆUS. 'A Lichen is as perfectly fitted to the condition it is intended to fulfil, and its organs as completely adapted to that purpose, as the stately palm or magnificent forest-tree."-BASKERVILLE. "The man Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself |