the Br it if 3 Fua\ with particular Defer ipt ions of each Species. 119 



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die fructification is not diftributed over the whole of the frond, 

 and, though fituated almcft within the furfa ce, is not actually im- 

 merfed, and that not any is to be found in the internal fubftance 

 of the leaves, the propriety of placing it in the genus Fucus, will 

 fcarcely be difputed. 



We have never found it in a growing ft ate, but have gathered it 

 amongft other rejectamenta on the beach at Yarmouth in Norfolk ; 

 we cannot therefore fpeak with certainty of its mode of growth, 

 but have ventured to defcribe the root as diicoid on the authority 

 of omelin- 



7. FUCUS DASYPHYLLUS. 



F. caule tereti ramofo, ramis filiformibus fub-fimplicibus, foliis 



cylindricis obtufis bafi attenuatis fparfis. 

 Linn. Tranf vol. 2. p. 239. t, 2$f. I. 2. 3. 

 H.ibitat in rupibus et faxis marinis apud Cromer Norfolcia?. 

 Adhasret rupibus difco paululum explanato, furculos emittente,- 

 unde novas frondes oriuntur — From folitaria leu gregaria, fub-carti- 

 laginea tenera, teres, filiformis, rubra, ftatim ramofa — -Rami fili- 

 formes, fub-fimplices, craflitie fili emporetici minoris, ad bafin fub- 

 nudi, dein foliacei, apicibus obtufis — Folia cylindrica, fub-gelatinofa,. 

 feffilia, apice obtufiflima, bafi valde attenuata, i — 4 ltneas longa, fe- 

 milineam lata, inferiora longiora, fuperiora breviora, frequentiffime 

 aliorum minorum prolifera, pallide rubra nonnunquam viridantia — 

 FruSlificatio) tubercula minutiffima, ruberrima, fparfa, ad inferiorem 

 ramorum partem,, aliquando etiam fed rarius in foliis fita. 



This fpecies is diftinguiihed from ovalis and fedoides, the only 



ones in this fub-divifion to which it has any affinity, by the 



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