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45. Fucus COCCINEUS. 



F. fronde fub-cartilaginea ramofifTima, ramulis fubulatis fe- 

 cundis ; tuberculis globofis fubfefTilibus. Herb. Buddie, p. 29. 

 n. 1. 4. Petiver, p. 26. ». 1 . 

 F. plocamium. Gmelin t p. 153. /. 26. f 1. R. Syn.p. 37. n. 1. 

 F. coccineus. FL Aug. p. 587. FL Scot. p. 955. Withering^ 



vol. 3./. 253. 

 F. cartilagineus. Fl. Ang. ed. 1. p. 473. 

 Habitat in rupibus faxis plantifve marinis ubiquc. 

 Radix fibrofa furculos emittens unde novae fiunt plants — From 

 folitariavel numerofa conferta, dodrantalis aut femipedalis, vix car- 

 tilaginea, filiformi-compreiTa, craffitie fili emporetici minoris, coc- 

 cinea, diaphana, fupra-decompofita — Rami ramulique nonnunquam 

 alterni, plerumque autem alternatim fecundi funt, i. e. duo vel tres 

 ramuli ex uno ramorum latere, dein duo vel tres ex altero latere 

 alterno ordine prodeunt — Ramuli extremi brevirlimi,fubulati,conftan- 

 ter fecundi — Fruc~tificatio> tubercula minima, ex rubro-nigrefecntia, 

 in ramulis feflilia, et nonnunquam, fed rariflime, pedunculata. 



This very beautiful fpecies is diftinguifhed from all its affinities 

 by the difpofition of its branches, particularly the extreme ones, and 

 by its much brighter colour. The fecondary branches fometimes 

 grow alternate, but much more frequently from one fide of the pri- 

 mary branches, and this in a regularly alternate order, as has been 

 already defcribed, and in which lingular difpofition of its ramifica- 

 tion, this plant differs from all its congeners. — The remaining divi- 

 fions of the branches, except the laft, conftantly follow the fame 

 difpofition : but the extreme ramuli are always clothed with minute 

 fubulate teeth, growing from one fide only, and fomewhat refem- 



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