PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 41 



umUUcalis, etc. (Journal de Pliarm. xi. 40.) M. & De Lens, 

 vi. 803. 



Broad green laver. 

 JJlva latissima^ Linn. Suec. Abundant on rocks, 



U. lactuca va. latissima, Liglitf. ' stones, etc. in tlie sea. 



Summer and autumn. 

 Tliis and the U. lactuca are indiscriminately eaten, under the 

 name of green L(mei\ or oyster green, being served at table with 

 lemon juice, in the same way as \h.Q]?u7'j)le Lct/oer. " This diet is- 

 esteemed good, as almost all esculent vegetables are, for scrofulous 

 habits." Lightfoot says, that the islanders ascribe to it an ano- 

 dyne virtue, and bind it about the forehead and temples to 

 assuage headache in fevers, and to procure sleep. Crypt. Eng. ; 

 Grev. Alg. Brit. 



Enteromorpha intestinalis, Link. ] 

 Ulva, Linn. i 



According to Pallas (Yoyage), this is 'employed in medicine- 



Alg^. {ConfervoidecB.) 



Dasya coceinea, Ag. 



Conferva " Wade's PL Rariores. 



On account of its beauty, brilliant red color, and the minute 

 divisions of its foliage, the conferva is employed by ladies to 

 mimic landscapes. Wade, 168. 



Long Branch, N. 



-n, n • 1 • , 7 /-, Jersey, Miss Mor- 



Jroltisip/ioma atrorubescensSiYQY. \ . ,JJ. -rx t-t n 



TT i 'C'  u A C M 1 I'lS 0^- H. II.). 



Jiutcmnsta " Aa;. bp. Alg. x^ i t r- 



'^ -^ ° 1 ound on shores 01 



. England. 



M. Guibourt says it contains a notable quantity of iodorine, 



combined with a proper substance, but not as an alkaline iodin*et. 



It forms the base of the remedy so much used in goitre, and 



known as the Powder of Sency. Eichard, Elems. d'llist. Nat. 



Medicale, ii. 6. 



•'J 



Griffithsici setacea, Ag. 



Conferva, Dill. 



Mrs. Griffiths has observed, that on immersion in fresh water, 

 " it twists the skin, bursts Avith a slight explosion, and emits the 

 coloring matter, which sinks in fine powder." Miss Biddulph has- 



