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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of pyrenocarpous lichens, having the thallus small and crustaceous, the perithecia simple, hemispherical, and covered with the thallus, and the spores hyaline, fusiform, and several-celled. About 25 species are known, occurring on thick evergreen leaves in tropical and subtropical regions. S. elegans is a variable and widely distributed species, with a whitish or greenish furrowed thallus.
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In the winter time it is often mixed up with flocks composed of _Siva strigula_ and _Liothriae luteus_, creeping among the bushes like the _Pari_ and _Phylloscopi_.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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