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SIPHULA
(
G
)
Lichen (
)
Family:
SIPHULACEAE
siphon, = a reed, straw, any tube;
(tube, pipe)
-ula, = diminutive.
(
LS
,
BL
)
Siphula decumbens
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
decumbo, decumbere, = to lie down.
(reclining upon the earth, and rising again from it at the apex)
(
ld
,
BL
)
Siphula verrucigera
(
La
)
Location: (
F
)
verruca, = a wart; a slight fault, small failing, as opposed to ‘tuber’;
(wart-like outgrowth or swelling)
gero, = to bear about with one, to bear, carry, wear, have.
(
ld
,
BL
)