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rifes above three or four inches, and flicks by a flrong ligamentous foot-flalk to 



every rock, and fmaller pebble. 





FUCUS 2. Membranaceus, tenuis, undulatus, 



viridis. 



Alga Latifolia, five mufctts marinus, &c. 



SI. Cat. p. 5. 



The long undulated membranous green Fucus. 



This plant grows pretty deep in the Tea, and is generally ¥6und about theilargeY 

 rocks at ibme diftance from the more. It is moderately tranfparent, and of a beautiful 



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thrown up every where on the fhores of Jamaica. 



Caule tereti ramo 

 vefculis globofis. 



lofijfimo, 



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Fucus Caule tereti r amofijjimo , foliis lanceototo-ftrratis, fruclifcationibus 



globofis, pedunculisfubari/latisfj-,. Sft PI. 



Lenticula 



Marina ferratis foliis. Lob. & Slo. Cat. p. 4. 



Lenticula Marina foliis latis bre e mh)is fcftra{ . Slo. C. 5. 



The larger branched Fucus, or Gulph-weed with broader ferrated leaves* 



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This plant is frequent in all the feas about thofe parts of America : it grows about 

 the rocks in the deeper parts of the ocean, and is frequently thrown upon the mores 



of this, and every other neighbouring Ifland, after hurricanes and flrong fea breezes. 





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FUCUS 4. RamoJuSy joins oblongis angujus ferratts, capfuhs natantibus 



ftilo ornatis. 



The fmaller branched Fucus, or Gulph-weed. 



This fpecies feems to be only a variation of the foregoing fort j it is however more 



commonly met with in this form, 



and very frequen 



in thofe feas. 



FUCUS 5. Caule tereti ramofo, foliis linearibus*, capfulis folio latis. 

 Fucus Caule tereti ramofo, foliis Unearibus integer ims, fruclifcationibus 



globofis, peduncuhtis. L. Sp. PL r 



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The branched Fucus with capillary leaves. 



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This is rather an European than an American plant, and moft frequently obferved 

 in the chaps of the Engli/b channel: it is diftingui£hed from the foregoing, which it 

 iefembles very much in the general form, by its fimple capillary leaves, 





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FUCUS ' 6. Opuntioides fubcomprejfus, brachiis oblongis tumentibus^ ™ 





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quandoque excavatis 



The larger Opuntioid Fucus. 



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This plant is more frequent about the Weftern Iflands, 

 great abundance on my return from Jamaica. It is the c 

 head turtle in thofe parts, efpecially when they ftray any diftance from the fhore. 



Where I have gathered it in 

 common food of the logger- 



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FUCUS 7. Opuntioides fubcomprejfus minor \ brachiis fubangulatis 



brevioribus. 



Corallina Opuntioides ramulis denfioribus, & foliis magis finuatis, &d Slo. 



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The fmaller Opuntioid Fucus with many fhort angular joints. 



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