the Briti/Jj Fuci, wkb particular Defcriptions of each Species. 1 3 7 



in the form of linear leaves, which branch into others, and thefe 

 contracting at intervals become vender, the fubdivifions forming 

 the (lender ramifications. Specimens of this appearance occur Co 

 rarely, that it was thought better not to alter the defcriptton, which 

 applies to the more general habit of the plant, as it might only 

 tend to miflead or confound the young botanift. 



17. Fucus FIBROSUS. 



F. fronde filiformi ramofiflima ; ramis primariis fub-ditlichis ; 



foliis filiformibus linearibuique ; veficulis fub-rotundis in- 



natis. Buddie, p. 18. n. 4, 5. Petive)\ p. 40. n. 5. Morijbn, 



Hj/l. Ox. iii. p. 648. U 8./. 17. R. Svn. p. 49. ». 45. 



Fucus abrotanoides. Gmelin, p. 89 — baccatus, />. 90. /, 3. f, 2. 



Fl. Ang. p. 575. Withering, 3. 238. 

 Var. /3 fetaceus. Fl. Ang. p. 575. 

 Foliis infimis fub-linearibus, ceteris fetaceis. 

 Habitat nullibi copiolius quam apud Ilfracombe in Devonia. 

 Inter rejectamenta mark prope Weymouth. 

 Radix callus expanfus — Frons ramofiflima, in feme fub-compreiTa, 

 fcabra, dura, lignofa — Rami primarii alterni diftichi, bsfi incrafTati; 

 duri et lignofi — Rami casteri ramulique fparfi alterni numerofifllmi, 

 mox tenuiflimi — Per hos ramos ramulofque, veficul* lubrotunda:, 

 modolblitaria?, fxpe concatenate videntur, omnes innatse, glabrae, fo- 

 holouno aut altero laterali brevifhmo fubulato ereclo armatse — In 

 plantis adultioribus, bafin verfus, folia linearia plana nervo medio 

 tenui — In plantis adultioribus junioribufque fuperne folia omnia te- 

 reria, fetacea aut fub-fubulafa, longitudine multum variantia; modo 

 uncialia, modo breviflima, pro habitu plants et ftatura — Ramulorum 

 foliolabreviaadmodum,bafi tumefcentia, tuberculofa — Altitudo peda* 

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