152 Dr. Goodenough arid Air. Woodward'; Obfcrvathns on 



quando frondes plurimas fatis diftinctae (nam revera quseque fua ra- 

 dice nititur),at radicibus invioem implicatis, ex eodem loco oriuntm* 

 — Porro frons flipitata — Stipes teres, magnitudine et altitudine pro 

 estate et loco variat— In junioribus fili inftar tenuis breviflimus; 

 in adultioribus digiti fere craffitie, pedalis — Frons ipfa plana avenia 

 enfiformis, pro astate breviflima aut longiffima, angufta aut lata, 

 membranacea aut cartilaginea variat — Color fordide viret. 



Var. /3. Radix et Jlipes ut in var. a. — Frons marginibus crifpis un- 

 dulatis, et praterea fxpe difco rugofo five bullato-finuofo — Sinus 

 muco repleti funt, et femina plurima nuda, ex Gmelini fententia, 

 muco obtecta f. recepta continent. Hasc femina nos non vidimus. 



We have fpoken fufRciently of this fpecies under our article 

 bulbofus, particularly of the arrangement of thefe varieties. 



The fecond variety here defcribed is fuppofed by Mr. Lightfoot 

 to be the plant in its perfect or fructifying ftate. As little is 

 known of the fructification of fea-plants, we rather for the conve- 

 nience of defcription place it lad. 



Reaumur obferves, that he had found upon this fpecies what he 

 calls flowers (Jieurs compofees dejilets courts) about ten or twelve on a 

 plant, but no feeds. 



26. FUCUS DIGITATUS, 



F. fronde palmata laciniis enfiformibus ; ffcipite tereti ; radice 



fibrofa. Herb. Buddie ', p. 24. n. 1. Petiver, p. 18. n. I. 

 Fuco giganteo. Imp. Hijl. Nat. p. 741. 



Fl. Dan. /. 392. FL Norweg. par. 1. t. 3. f. 1. FI. Jlng. 



p. 579. FL Scot. p. 935. Withering, vol. 3. p. 244. Stackhoufe y 



Ner. Brit. ^.5. /. 3. 



4 Habitat 



