Peltigera (peltijera)

[NL., fusiform or acicular and many-celled. P. can in a is the dog-lichen or ground-liverwort, formerly considered as a cure for hydrophobia (see cut under lichen ); and P. aph thosa is the thrush-lichen, which is purgative and anthelmintic. peltigerine (pel-tij'e-rin), a. [ pelt i nerved (pel'ti-nervd), a. [L. pelta, a shield, + nervus, nerve, + -ed2.] In bot., having nerves radiating from a point at or near the center: said of a leaf. See nervation.