214 & r ' Goodenough and Mr, Woodward* j Obfervatiom on 



terminating the branches, rarely exceeding one line in length. The 

 plant, when infefted with this parafite, has a fringed appearance, 

 and fo extremely refembles the gartnera of Pallas, figured in his 

 Mi/cell, ZooL p. 199 /. 14. f. 24. and again in Gmelin, p, 164. 

 t. 19. that we are induced to believe they are the fame ; but not 

 choofing to make any references, upon the authenticity of which 

 We cannot abfolutcly rely, we have not ventured to refer pofitively 

 to thofe figures. 



We have never ourfelves feen this plant in a growing ftate. Mr. 

 Hudfon fays it is found on the fub-marine rocks and Hones on the 

 Ifle of Portland : and we have in our poffeffida fpecimens which 

 were gathered amongfl other rejectamenta on the beach at Yar- 

 mouth in Norfolk, and which were probably wafhed from the 

 rocks on fome part of the eaftern coaft. 



62. FUCUS ASPARAGOIDES. 



F. fronde filiformi ramofiffima ;^tuberculis globofis peduncul- 

 itis, ramulis fubulato-fetaceis alternatim oppofitis. 

 A£l* Sac. Linn. 2. p. 29. U 6. 

 Habitat in faxis et lapillis marinis apud Cromer* 

 Radix fibrofa — From filiformis, teres, craflitie fili emporetici mi- 

 noris, femipedalis, ramis fub-alternis iterum* ramofis — Hi rami ra- 

 mulis fubulato-fetaceis, fefquilineam circiter longis r pinnati funt — 

 Fruflificatio, tubercula globofa, pedunculata, magnitudine femina 

 papaveris vix aequantia, ramulis alternatim oppofita, et duplo bre- 

 viora — Pedunculi longitudine tubercula aeqnant vel exfuperant — ■ 

 Color totius plantae laete ruber. 



This beautiful fpecies cannot be confounded with any in the fame 



di virion > 



