coccinea ; but befides them, C. elongata, in the etrly months of the fpring, as 

 mentioned in the Synopfis of Britifh Fuci, p. 355. is fometimes covered with 

 capfules fimilar to thofe of Fucus fubfufcus, with which plant and F. pinaftroides 

 it has, in point of general habit, fo ftrong a refemblance, that they cannot be 

 feparated without violence. Hudfon, by twice introducing this fpecies under 

 different names in the Flora Anglica, has been the caufe of great confufion. 



hi drying, it affumes a darker color, and adheres very flightly to paper, and 

 not at all to glafs. 



A. C. elongata, natural fize. 



B. Ditto magnified 3. 



C. Small piece of Ditto 1. 



