ihe Brliljh Fuci^ with particular Defer ipiions of each Species. 119 



the fru6lification is not diftributed over the whole of the frond, 

 and, though fituated almoft within the furface, is not ai'^ually im- 

 merfed, and that not any is to be found in the internal fubftance 

 of the leaves, the propriety of placing it in the genus Fucus, will 

 fcarcely be difputed. 



We have never found it in a growing ftate, but have gathered it 

 amongft other rejedtamenta on the beach at Yarmouth in Norfolk ; 

 we cannot therefore fpeak with certainty of its mode of growth, 

 but have ventured to defcribe the root as difcoid on the authority 

 of Gmelin. 



7. Fucus DASYPHYLLUS. 



F. caule tereti ramofo, ramis filiformibus fub-fimplicibus, foliis 



cylindricis obtufis bafi attenuatis fparfis. 

 Linn. Tranf. vol. 2. p. 239. /, 23. yi I. 2. 3. 

 Habitat in rupibus et faxis marinis apud Cromer Norfolcin?. 

 Adhasret rupibus difco paululum explanato, furculos emittente, 

 unde novae frondes oriuntur — Frons folitaria feu gregaria, fub-carti- 

 laginea tenera, teres, filiformis, rubra, ftatim ramofa — Rami fili- 

 formes, fub-fimplices, craflitie fill cmporetici minoris, ad bafin, fub- 

 nudi, dein foliacei, apicibus obtofis — Folia cylindrica, fub-gclatinofa, 

 feflilia, apice obtufifTima, bafi valde attenuata, i — 4 lineas longa, fe- 

 milineam lata, inferiora longiora, fuperiora breviora, frecjiientiffime 

 aliorum minorum prolifera, pallide rubra nonnunquam viridantia — 

 FruHificatio, tubercula minutifllma, rLiberrlma, fparfa, ad inferiorem 

 ramorum partem, aliquando etiam fed rarius in foliis fita. 



This fpecies is diftinguifhed from ovalis and fedoides, the only 



ones in this, fut-divifion to which it has any affinity, by the 



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