CRYPTOGAMIA.: ALG. Fucus. G2 (1) Capillary, 
OPAKE, 
often without any regular order. Small ‘scattered globules on 
the sides of the branches. Gmentn:» Tender, transparent, rose 
or olive colour, :or both, From:6 to 24 inches long. Branches 
of the same thickness throughout. .Fructifications scarlet semi- 
globules sitting on the sides of the branches without any regular 
order. The branches are often much entangled by the action 
of the waves, but it may be’ easily distinguished from F. plica- 
tus, even in its entangled state, for ‘that: plant is very horny and 
stiff, and appears to be matted and entangled, not by the waves, 
but by its peculiar mode of growth: SracxHouse. | Nereis 
Britann. p. 27. Fructifcations sometimes in’ clusters; rather 
conical than semi-globular, with an aperture at the apex, out 
of which may be pressed a thick pulpy fluid, replete with ex- 
tremely minute seeds. - is rr 
| #F. flagelliformis. Lightt. 928. F. werrucasus. Huds. Stack. 
and. Bott. arr. ed, ii. Rocks and. stones in the. sea. Sussex, 
Hampsh. Devonshire and Cornwall. [At Menabilly and 
Fowey. Mr. Sracxmouse.] 0 0 + P. June—Oct. 
5 
iad naté: littlé*branches Thostly! pointing one’ way, awl- 
~slofy' gSHaped, Short. Huns. 59h. 0 0S ee 
Leaf nearly 4 a foot long, blackish:purple. Branches akter- 
nate; hair-like, long. Little Branches. semi-transparent, ‘very 
short. Hups.'z. 63. I believe it:is -yeta doubt what plant Mr. 
Hudson means, . < 
Stones in the sea near Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Devonshire 
and. Cornwall. d af rele Piste seed Sd 2s 2 Pi April—Oct. 
113 
E Thread-shapéd, Vey mich: bratiched ¢ branches alter-capilla ‘ris, 
. F, Thread-shaped, very much branched ; branches crowdedincur'vus. 
i awl-shaped.. boast 3 ft 
Gmel. 11. 1. “3 : 
_. Root spongy, irregular. Branches crowded with shoots, but 
not tiled. Colour blackish purple. Mr. Sracxnouse. Stem a 
foot high, or more, branched. ranches set on every side with 
crooked sharp bristles,, all pointing upwards, of different sizes, 
sometimes } an inch long. « Fructification consists of ‘globules 
sitting, or on foot-stalks, on the sides or in the forks of the 
branches. Gaeuin ie. 127) Dec aperinees, not more than 4 
or inches high ;. rigid, opake, black, but when viewed against 
@ strong light the younger branches appear of a brownish red. 
Rocks and_stones in the sea. Sussex. [Thrown in. thick 
lumps on the’ shore at Weymouth after a storm, and also.on the 
with shoots; the. énds rolled in: ultimate branches 
Coasts of Cornwall, Mr. Puaesaeas:) . P. Jan.—Dec,. 
Vo:. IV, 
