which I have above called feeds, he adds, " In fome fpecimens they were ova!, 

 and in appearance folid ; in others globofe, and fecmingly divided into direr, 

 and unlefs I am very much miflaken, each feed in either cafe had a pellucid 

 limbus." Mr. Hooker, who examined fome fpecimens which were nearly frefli, 

 could not difcover any limbus, and he is of opinion that the feeds (commonly 

 fo called) of both fuci and conferva?, which have a limbus, are in fact capfules. 

 I confefs that the microfcope I ufed in the Ifle of Wight, was neither fo good 

 or convenient as that which I commonly ufe, and therefore I much more doubt 

 my own correctnefs than Mr. Borrer's, more especially as he has had frequent 

 a-nd much better opportunities of ftudying this fpecies than myfelf. My obfef- 

 vations as before related afforded me no room to doubt, that the nature of both 

 the whirled and lateral fructification is fimilar to that of Roth's Ceramia ; but 

 if Mr. Borrer's obfervations and Mr. Hooker's ideas are correct, the fructifica- 

 tion confifts of minute capfules immerfed in a loofe tranfparent jelly, without 

 any cafe or covering. 



In drying C. corallina lofes much of its color, and adheres firmly to either 

 glafs and paper. 



A. C. corallina, natural fize. 



B. D° with lateral fruit magnified 4. 



C. D. D° d° 2. 



E. whirled fruit d° 2. 



N. B. C. D. and E. were completed from frefh fpecimens in the Ifle of 



Wight. 



