the Brtttjb Fuci y -with particular Defcriptions of each Species* 117 



t-ions between this and dafyphyllus are fufficiently pointed out under 

 that fpecies. 



From' the fpecinc characters and defcriptions given of this 

 plant, and Jedoides which follows it, they cannot but be confi- 

 dent as perfectly diftinct; but a confufion has arifen from Mr. 

 Hudfon's having quoted two different fpecies of Gmelin for this 

 plant, which was probably occafioned by his having never feen 

 fidoides. Mr. Lightfoot certainly confidered them as diftincl:, having 

 quoted Gmelin's vermicular/^ and taken no notice whatsoever of his 

 pofypodioides, or the ova/is of Hudfon. 



That the p lvp f >dioides of Gmelin ought to be referred to this fpe- 

 cies cannot be doubted, when it is confidered that he inferts it folely 

 on the authority of Marryn, whofe figure is very indifferent, and who 

 has given no defcription. As to his defcribing the 1 a es as membra- 

 naceous inftead of flethy, that ought' to have no weight, as the 

 dried fpecimens maft always have that appearance. It is owing to 

 this alfo that Gmelin has erroneonfly placed this fpecies amongft 

 his membranaceous fuci r when it certainly ought to have been 

 placed next to vermicularis. 



Sometimes largifh folitary tubercles are obferved adhering to the 

 main branches and to the leaves alfo. This we deem the true form 

 of the fr u&ification. It is very rarely to be met with in this Situa- 

 tion. 



6. FUCUS SEDOIDESV 



F. caule tereti ramofo tenero, ramis dichotomis, foliis cylm- 

 dricis utnnque attenuatis fuperioribus confertis. Reaumur, 

 Act. Gall. 17 1 2. p. 40. t. 4. J. 8 - 



Eucus vermicularis. Gm.p. 162. U 18./ 4. mala. F-L Scot. p. 958. 



Habitat 



