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the decoction is useful in arresting diarrhoea. Merat & De Lens' 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. iii. 309 ; Forestns, Tract, de Venenis de 

 Fucis, Lejde, 1006 ; Gmelin, Ilistoria Fncornm, 1 vol., Petrop- 

 oli, 1768 ; J. C. Collins, in Med. and Phys. Journal, npon the 

 Medicinal Virtues of Marine Plants, xxxvi. 211, 1810 ; Dorbigni, 

 Essai siu' les plantes marines du Golfe de Gascogne (Mem. du 

 Museum, vi. 165). If any injury is done to the leaves, abund- 

 ance of young leaves spring from the injured part. "If even a 

 small aperture be made in the middle of a leaf, a new one arises 

 from either side of it." Withering ; Wade's PI. Rariores, 143. 



/ Knotted Fucus, or Sea-Thistles. 

 Fivcus nodosus, Linn. I Rocky shores — common ; scarcely 



( found south of N. Jersey. (Ilarv.) 



It is said, in the Hebrides, to be preferable to all other fuci in 



the manufacturing of kelp, and passes there under the name of 



Tc€l2)-vjracli. Crypt. Eng. " Oysters are covered with it to keep 



them alive and moist." Wade's PL Rariores, 142. 



Fucus canaliculatus, Linn. ; Grev., Alg. Brit. 15. 



Channeled Fucus. Abundant on rocks on the sea-shore ; 

 summer and autumn ; not found on our coast. (Harvey.) 



Capt. Carmichael states that cattle are exceedingly fond of 

 this plant, and never fail to browse on it in winter, as soon as the 

 tide leaves it within their reach. At this season it is peculiarly 

 wholesome, as " counteracting the costivcness induced by their 

 ordinary straw-commons." 



Fucus amansii^ Lam. 



Tliis is eaten in Madairascar. 



Fucus hracteatus^ Gmel. 



Eaten in many parts of India with aromatics. Rumphius ; 

 Merat & De Lens. 



Fucus clatJirus, Gmel. 



According to Stetler, used as food in Asia. 



Fucus coralloides, Poiret. 



Tliis is employed as an article of food in Lidia. From the 

 gelatine found in it, birds construct the nests which are so much 



