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VI. RMS of two new Britz jf Fuci. By Thomas a vu 
ward, Ei F. L. $$. 
Read Ms 4, 1790. 
X. Fucus afparagoides, Tas. 6. 
AULE tereti ramofiffima, foliis fetaceis, fruétificationibus 
globofis pedunculatis alternatim oppofitifolus. 
The frons is extremely tender, of a bright red colour, very much 
branched, and appears to be about fix inches high; but whether 
the few fpecimens hitherto found are entire plants, or branches 
only, cannot be clearly afcertained. The ftem and branches are 
round, the latter appearing inclined to an alternate order. The 
leaves are fetaceous, red, « or greenifh, ec ad thicker than a 
hair. 
The fructification confifts of globular veficles, or capfules, the 
fize of the feeds of poppy, fupported on fhort fruit-ftalks, equal 
in length to the capfule; me cu whole one-third of the length 
of the leaves. 
This fpecies may be placed in the Syftema Vegetabilium in the 
fixth fubdivifion of Mr. Hudfon Maec tereti) next to Fucus pe- 
dunculatus. 
This beautiful plant was MAT by Mr. Wigg, an Affociate of 
this Society, among the rejeétamenta left by the recefs of the: tide 
on the beach at North Yarmouth, and does not appear to have 
been figured Or defcribed by any author. 
i 2. Fucus: 
