Ii6 Dr. Goodenough and Mr. Woodward j Obfervatiom on- 



perfectly fimilar in appearance, may be, as fuppofcd by Dr. Solan- 

 der, really diftin£l fpecies, and recommending to botanifh fituated 

 on the (hores where they ate iound, to obferve them carefully at 

 all feafons. It may be proper to notice, that the fpecimens which 

 have been found plentifully on the Norfolk coaft, have all been of 

 the tuberculated fort ; and that thefe have been but rarely met with, 

 on the weftern coaft, where the granulated fort is very frequent. 



5. Fucus ovalis. 



F. caule tereti ramofo rigidiufculo, foliis ovalibus carnofis* 



Jacquin CollcSl. v. 3. t. 13.^ I. 

 FL Ang. p, 578. Withering^ vol. 3. p. 235. 

 Habitat in rupibus marinis in Infula Portlandica— prope Ex- 

 mouth. 

 Radix ftbrofa — Frons 3 — 4uncialis, rubra — Cast/is teres, filiformis^ 

 rigidiufculus, craflitie fill emporetici minoris, ramofus — Rami pauci 

 ejufdem ac caulis craflitiei et fubftantia?, patentee — Folia ovalia 

 valde carnofa, fubgelatinofa, tres lineas Ionga, vix fefquilineam lata, 

 fa?pius feiiilia, nonnunquam petiolo breviffimo inftructa, nunc al- 

 terna, nunc fparfa, inferne rariora, apicem frondis verfus fub-con- 

 feita — FruSlificatio, tubercula parva, ex rubro nigrefcentia in foliis 

 praefertim inferioribus fparfa, exferta, necnon ramis adhaerentia. 



This elegant fpecies is diftinguifhed from fedoides by its more 

 rigid and patent branches, and by the fhape of its leaves, which 

 are more thinly fcattered below, but fomewhat crowded upwards. 

 It is farther diftinguiihed by the fructification, which confifls of 

 much larger and fewer tubercles than in fedoides, fituated upon the 

 furface of the leaves, from which they vifibly project. The diftinc- 



tions 



