the Briti/h Fuc/ 9 ivith particular Defer ipt ions of each Species. 153 



Habitat in rupibns fubmarinis frequens. 



•Radix ut in F. faccharino fibrofa — From ftipitata — Stipes teres, un- 

 cialis, pedalis, bipedalis, tenuis, aut craflus pro aztate etloco. From 

 ipfa membranacea, cartilaginea, in lacinias en fi formes quatuor, faepe 

 in plurimas dividitur, omnes planas avenias acntas — Aititudo in 

 adultioribus, ulnaris et ultra — Color fordide virct — Frucliiicationem 

 nondum vidimus. 



27. FtTCUS BULBOSUS. 



F. fronde palmata laciniis enfiformibus, ftipite piano ; radice 



inflato-bulbofa. Act. Parif 1712. p. 21. /. I. /. I. 

 F. palmatus. Gmelin, p. 202. /. 30. 

 F. bulbofus. Fl. Ang. p. 579. 



F. polyfchides. FL Scot. p. 936. Withering,, vol, 3, p. 244. 

 Stackhoufe, Ner. Brit. p. 6. t. 4. 

 Habitat in Infula. Portlandias — in littore Cornubienfi. 

 Adhaeret rupibus fibris, qua? finguke in callum minutum ex- 

 panfum definunt — From ftipitata — Stipes planus, bafi inflato-bulbosa 

 (quae radicem bulbofam cavam refert) tuberculosa, quad ex rudi- 

 mentis frondium novarum, magnitudine ab ovo motacilla? ufque ad 

 infantis caput, fub-tortuofus, marginibus inferne crifpo-undulatis, 

 in adultis pedalis et ultra — Hie flipes in frondem abit planam ave- 

 niam, in lacinias plurimas divifam, enfi formes acutas — Color ut in 

 praecedentibus fordide viret — Fruciificatio latet — An tubercula qua: ex 

 ftipitis bafi enafcuntur, fructification is receptacula? Videant au- 

 toptse — Aititudo variat ufque ad quinque ulnas. 



The F. dlgitatus and bulbofus feem extremely alike; but, to an at- 

 tentive obferver, no two plants can differ more. In F. dlgitatus the 

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