2IO Dr. Goodenough an J Air. Woodward** Obfcrvaiions on 



tion more certainly than from his representation^ is F. albidus of 



Hud Ton. 



That it is the longjjjimus of Gmelin cannot be doubted, and it 

 appears from the note at p. 134, that he himfelf thought it to be 

 confcrvoides Sp. PL though he did not venture to quote it as cer- 

 tain. 



The colour is almoft always dark purple, though fometimes it is 

 mixed with green or dirty yellow. The tubercles are {"mall, nume- 

 rous, and nearly black. It adheres to the rocks and ftones by fmall 

 fibres, and is found on various parts of the Britifh coaft. 



59. FUCUS ALBIDUS. 



F. fronde filiformi fubdichotoma ramofifTima, ramis fub-fe- 



cundis ; tuberculis lateralibus fub-rotundis deprefTis. 

 F. verrucofus. Gmelin, p. 136. /. 14./^ 1. 

 F. albidus. F\ Ang. p. 588. Withering^ voh 3.^.256. 

 Habitat in rupibus et faxis fub-marinis in Infula Portlandisc — 

 apud Chriitchurch — Weymouth. 



Adhaeret rupibus et iaxis radice fibrosa — From fpithamxa, pedalis 

 et ultra, cartilaginea, filiformis, teres, ramofifTima, craflitie fili era- 

 poretici, fsepius autem fetacea — Rami primarii frequenter dichotomi, 

 nonnunquam fparfi, ramulis crebris fub-fecundis, bail attenuatis 

 inft rucYi ; hi autem aliis ramulis brevioribus et tenuioribus obfiti— 

 Fru£lificatio, tubercula varias magnitudinis ad latera ramorum ramu- 

 lorumque fparfa, adprimum femiglobofa, matura autem deprefTa 

 et paululum umbilicata, fcutellis lichenum exinde fimillima 

 — Color albefcens vel fufcefcens, rarius purpurafcens, plerumque 

 pallidus. 



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