212 Dr. Goodenough and Mr. Woodward'; Observations on 



and we have found Jt amongft other rejectamenta on the beach at 

 North Yarmouth. 



60. Fucus SUBFUSCUS. 



F. fronde fiiiformi ramofiffima, ramis fparfis, ramulis fubulatis 



fub-alternis; tuberculis racemofis fub-ocT:ofpermis. 

 A3, Soc. Linn. 1. p. 131. /. 12. Withering^ vol. 3. p. 236. 

 Habitat in rupibus et faxis fub-marinis in littore Icenorum. 

 Radix fibrofa — Frons filiformis, teres, ramofiffima, fubfufca, femi- 

 pellucida, femipedalis, craffitie fili emporetici — Rami fimiles plurimi 

 fparfi ; aliis paulo tenuioribus et apicemverfus confertis, iterum ra- 

 mofi — Ramuli fubulati, fub-alterni, tenuiflimi ; in quorum aliS et 

 ad latera, racemi breviflimi, tuberculis minutiflimis lanceolatis pal- 

 lidis — In tuberculis fmgulis, femina fex vel octo fphasroidea fub- 

 fufca, bino ordine difpofita. 



This fpecies is fufficiently diftinguifhed from all its affinities by 

 its fin gular fructification ; and as an ample hiftory of it has been 

 given in a former volume of thefe Tranfa&ions, little need be added 

 here. 



It may neverthelefs be proper to obferve, that later and more 

 particular obfervations have induced us to conclude that the pe- 

 duncle more conflantly approaches the form of a raceme than that 

 of a panicle, and that the extreme ramifications cannot with pro- 

 priety be confidered as leaves, fmce they do not differ in fubftance 

 or in fhape from the reft of the plant. Thefe circumftances have 

 occafioned it to be neceffary, to make fome alteration in the fpecific 

 icharafter as formerly given, and to place it in the divifion fronde 

 tereti, inftead of fdiis unit is, as before propofed. 



It 



