the Brhi/Io Fuci, with particular Definitions of each Species. 16^ 



brane. We obferved only in thefe dwarf coriaceous fpecimens the 

 true fructification, which is tubercles immerfed in the frond, and 

 projecting from it, and opening at the point. In one of our 

 fmalleft fpecimens, a largilh tubercle appears Handing on the fur- 

 face of the dine, and not immerfed : but thefe tubercles are rarely to 

 be obferved. In general the plant fhoots out to fome length; in 

 this (late it has only fmall feeds like grannies (the character of an 

 U/va) difperfed over the whole frond, fo that one would conclude 

 it to be an U/va. 



May it not happen, that having fulfilled the purpofe of its pro- 

 duction, viz. the fructification, the growth of the plant accommo- 

 dates itfelf to its jult limits; but, failing in that, it runs out wild, 

 and irregular, fportive and impatient of all controul ? 



34. Fucus RUBENS. 



F. fronde fubmembranacea dichotoma ; ramis proliferis lineari- 

 bus, ramulis apice dilatatis bifidis, laciniis acutiufcul s. Herb. 

 Linn. Buddie, p. 26. n. 5. and p. 27. n. 5. Ginanni Op. Pojlh. 

 t. 26. f. 61. • Buxbau/n, cent. 1. /. 60. f. 2. 

 Fucus rubens. Linn. Sp. PL 1650. 

 Fucus crifpus. F/. Ang. p. 580. 



Fucus prolifer. FL Scot. p. 949. t. 30. fig. optima. tVithering r 

 vol. 3. p. 246. 

 Habitat in rupibus, faxis, et plantis fubmarinis frequens. 

 Radix callus expanfus— From ab ipfo ortu faepius ramofiflima fit, 

 nonnunquam fimplex oritur, at in omnibus haud mora dichotoma 

 eft — Rami plani fub-enervii lineares, fubinde proliferi — Ramu/i de- 

 mum dilatati bindique, et in lacinias f. lobos acutos definunt. Ali- 

 quando frons videtur ftipitata ftipite brevi teretiufculo cartilagineo, 



—Rami 



