PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 39 



of house-painters. Grev., Alg. Brit.; LincL, Nat. Syst. Bot. 339. 

 This plant was first introduced as a medicine by Mr. Todhunter, 

 of Dublin. Reece's Monthly Gaz. of Health, 1831. And it has 

 been analyzed by Her Yerger Feuchtuanger. See Am. Journ. of 

 Science and Arts, xxvi. It is found to contain jelly, mucus, 

 two resins, fatty matter, and free acids, chlo. of sod., calcium, &c. 

 no bromine, iodine, fungic, boletic, or lichenic acids. 



It is a popular remedy for pulmonary complaints, chronic diar- 

 rhoea, and dysentery, irritation of bladder, etc. : a decoction is 

 made. See Pereira's Mat. Med. ii. 36 ; Richard, Elems. d'Hist. 

 Mat. Med. ii. 6. 



Porj^Tiyra laciniata, Ag. 



Alga " Lightf. Scot. 974 1. 33. 



Ulva umMlicalis, E. Bot. 2296. 



Laciniated purple 

 laver. In the sea, 

 on rocks, stones, 

 and wood. 



Tills, under the name of Zaver, is much eaten in many places, 

 especially in the south of England, pickled with salt, and preserved 

 in jars, and when brought to table, served up with lemon juice. 

 According to Lightfoot, the inhabitants in the "Western Isles 

 gather it in the month of March, and after pounding and macer- 

 ating it with a little water, eat it Avith pepper, vinegar, and but- 

 ter. Others stew it with leeks and onions. Crypt. Eng. 



Por-phijra vulgaris. Tliis also is "stewed and brought to our 

 tables as a luxury." Grev., Algse Brit. xix. ; Lind., ISTat Syst. 



Chondrus Me^iibranifolius, Grev. 

 SjjhcericoGCus " Ag. 



This also contains a large proportion of the nutritive matter of 

 C. Crh]). Richard, Elems. d'Hist. IsTat. ii. 9. 



Chondrus Pinnatifida. 



This species is eatable. Richard. 



PTiyllo])liora Tidjens^ Grev. ] 

 Sjphmricoccus " Ag. ) 

 Contains gelatine and nutritive matter. Richard, Elemens. 



Gelidium. 



Li Asia, several species are made use of to " render more pal- 



