FUCUS AMYLACEUS. 743 



county, on the coast of Massachusetts, where a systematic process of 

 preparing it for the market is adopted' 



Uses— The mucilaginous decoction and jellj which carrageen 

 affords ^are popular remedies in pulmonary and other complaints ;\ut 

 as nutriment such preparations are much over-estimated.2 



Carrageen is sometimes used for feeding cows and calves ; and under 

 the name of Alga inarina, for stufRng mattresses. It is largely used for 

 industrial purposes, like other mucilaginous matter. Its mucilage serves 

 lor thickening the colours employed in calico-printing, and as size for 

 paper and for cotton goods. In America it is used for fining beer. 



^ Substitutes — Gigartina mammillosa^ J. Agardh (Ckon drus viavi- 

 '^dloms Grev.) is collected indiscriminately with Ck crispm. It is dis- 

 tinguished from tlie latter chiefly by having the flat portion of the 

 thallus beset with elevated or stalked tubercles, bearing the cystocarps ; 

 hut it has the same properties. Q, acimlans Lamouroux, a species 

 common on the coasts of France and Spain, and having sJender cylin- 

 drical brandies, is occasionally collected along with Chondrus crlspws, 

 Dalmon (1874) ^vho has examined it, asserts it to be less soluble in 

 boiling water than true carrageen. Small quantities of other seaweeds 

 are often present through the negligence of the collectors. 



FUCUS AMYLACEUS. 

 Alga Zeylanica; Ceylon Moss,' Jaffna 3Ioss. 



. _ Botanical Origin^Sphceroeoems Ikhenoides Ag^vih {GraciUarJn 

 f^^chenoides Grev., Flocaria Candida Nees), a light purple or greemsh 

 sea-weed, belonging to the class Floridem, occurring on the coasts ot 



W^on, Burma, and the Malay islands.* 



T4-,V4.___ ^1 IT !...« -.V rrc^ nmnna- the inhabitants 



. ,. rf cylindrical ramifying stems or ^^^^'"''^^^^C'^^r^^^ 



"1 d,aa,eter and from 1 to 0' or more inches m length. J^^^'^^^^^'l^ 

 W nnmerous branches, simple or g^^ing off lender son^^^^^^ 

 tf «ry ramifications, endinc^ in a short point. WJ^'^J'J^^^^^^ and 

 plant increases a little in volume, becomes rather tianslucent, 



..iBates in An^er. Jo,m. of Pharm. 1868. 'The Pj^ZZ^tiemJefVlo"!^- 



vUi'nt°, "'«'■'»■ •^««'-"- "^i- (1869) and ".™«^/f "f p art of the MhnUc 



''",'• (1877) 304. ctllana ^f^;'',.* ^^nean, not nncornraou 



m.,t Pf.l°^ '""^t «=»* a Po^"'d of stiff jelly Ocean ami jMrt ^^ fumisMng ■> 



wn uf *^^ powdcrecl sea-wcecf before he oil the shores oi ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^ 



you'll have swallowed half an onnee of dry portion ot ^^e ° ? j,^_.,„ined are widely 



■ "» '^,.matter. ' "^ m_f^ ^'h'^'^ ^^ J„e from S. Ikkuo, , 



, *>g- in Luewsen (quoted at p, 734) 120. '^''I''''''"' '" 'c„tly devoid of starch. 



For convenience we accept the popular ancl ^^f^^Z^^ vi. lib. xi. c. 56 



"*'"« of mos,, though it is no longer in t i'f;„AZ o/MeJ. Science, C^h^^t^, 



^eordanee with thf signification ol the / ^t"im Betgal Dispensatory, IS41. 



'"^d m modem science (see p. 737, note March, 1M4 , ^ J 



