the Brit if: Fuci, with particular Defer ipt ions of each Species. 10 1 



mod firm and thick — numerous beyond description, capable of 

 being turned to the ufe of man in many ways, both as to food and 

 other conveniences, and affording protection and fupport to myriads 

 of the fubmarine inhabitants — All this marks the goodnefs of the 

 ever bleiTed Godhead, c by whom they are and were created.' — That 

 part in creation is not to be found, where ibme principle docs 

 not invariably act beneficial to man. 



N. B. As we have referred to feveral of the old Herbaria pre- 

 ferved in the Britilh Muieum, it is proper to mention that they are 

 as follow : 



Buddie, Plantx Britannica?, vol. I. 



Petiver, Hortus Siccus Anglicus, vol. I. 



Uveda/e, Herbarium Rayanum, vol. I. 



Modes and Plants by Buddie, Vernon, Floyd, Cozvrt<jn, &r. 



the firft thofe plants are defigned, the branches of which have the appearance of lenves 

 growing diftintr,. Of thefe, natans, fanguineus, and ftnuofus have what any one would 

 deem leaves* but, when attentively considered and compared with others, appear to be 

 branches {Int. fibrilla of Morifon) growing up into, or dilated into, a thin membrane — In 

 memhranifolius it is very evidently fo. 



By the fecond d\v\hon,foUis unitis, are defigned thofe which appear to have leaves united 

 with and forming a part of the frons — Thefe leaves are only fo in appearance, for in 

 fact they are rudiments of branches, or more properly young branches themfelves. All 

 the ramifications of F '. jibrcfus are produced from what appears to be a leaf dividing 

 itfelf, and then foon lofing its original fhape. This is full more obfervable in F. abrc- 

 tamfolius, as will be feen by referring to our defcription of that plant. Y.foeniculaceus alfo 

 {concat. Fl Ang.) and F. concatenatus Linn, have branches which firft appear under the 

 form of linear leaves, afterwards branching out into minute ramifications. The concate- 

 nated veficles which chara&erife thefe two plants, are merely formed from thefe leaves 

 contracting themfelves at regular intervals, whilft at the fame time the coats of the leaf, 

 in the intervening fpaces, feparate, and thus form hollow veficles. Y.ftliqucfiu zndfefogi- 

 mides will give ftriking proofs of the fame kind. 



Synopsis 



