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This little marine plant is very common about all the harbours of the Ifland. 



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8. Fronde dichotamo di/lico, ramulis Jimplicibus teretibui 



fubcomprejjis punfiatis, difco infer ne cauli circumdutlo. 



The dichotomous flender flexile Fucus with a difk round the ftem 



This plant is but little known to Botanifls j tho' frequent enough in the Englijh 

 channel, where I have met with it on my return from Jamaica. It is commonly 

 called Cable-moorings by our failors, and remarkable for the flexibility and evenefs 

 of its branches, as well as for that extraordinary rim or difk that Unrounds the 

 flalk near the root. 



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9. Fronde dichotamo integro, caule medium folium tra 



. currenti iv/icu/is veruco/fs terminal/bus. L. Sp. PI 





The flat divided and marginated Fucus with large fpungy capfules. 



This plant is commonly called. Kelp, and frequent in mofl parts of Europe, but 

 rare in Jamaica, When burnt it yields that concreted faline mafs, of which our black 

 or coarfe glafs is chiefly made. 



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10. Minor ramofus, ramulis paucioribus fimplicibus conico 



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The more fimple mofly Fucus with ereel: and flender conic branches 



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II. Minor ramojiis, ramulis fubcomprejjis tuber culat is 



ifque divif. 





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The fmaller mofly Fucus with fewer fubcomprefled branch 



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ulis angujlifji, 



The fmaller flattened mofly Fucus with narrow b 



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3 . Minor caule tereti ramojijjimo, ramulis minoribus Jp t 



fis tenuijjime divijis, ultimis acuminata's. 



Fucus Caule tereti ramojijimo, ramulis Jparjis, fpinis mo Hi bus al term's 



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The larger mofly Fucus with flender and much divided brand 





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4 . Minor caule tereti ramofij/imo, ramulis minimis tenuif- 



fime fetlisy ultimis obtufis fubglobojis. 



The fmaller mofly Fucus with obtufe branch 



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1 r. Ramofus tenuior £f eretfior, ramulis quafi fetaceis, 



brevijjime & tenuiffimefeftis. 



The fmaller mofly Fucus of a more ereel: and lefs branched appearance. 



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Thefe are the mofl: common fpecies of thofe mofs-like Fuci obferved about Ja- 

 maica ; they grow very plentifully in all the bays] and harbours of the Ifland, 



and are found on every part of the more, whenever the feas are agitated more than 

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