the Brliijh Fuel, with particular Defcripiions of each Species. 1 25 



R. Syn. P. 48. «. 39. Linn. Sp. PL 1629. Fl. Ang. p. 574. 

 Fl. Scot. /. 921. Withering, 3. p. 236. 



Habitat in rupibus et faxis niarinis paffim. 



Radix, callus expanfus, qui autem in plantis proveiSlioribus fepe 

 conoideus, ligni inftar durus — From cartilaginea valde ramofa com- 

 prefTa, ramis ramulifque diftichis alternis, I — 4 pedalis, glabeirima — 

 Rami ramulique modo valde diftantes, modo conferti. Ad latera 

 ramorum ramulorumque folia oriuntur, diflicha omnia, plana, 

 nervo medio obfoletiufculo, oblonga, quae mox filiquarum inftar 

 intumefcunt — Ergo ante fru6lificationem, folia quafi jure fuo appel- 

 lentur, intumefcentia autem veficulae — ^Ex his veficulis quaedam 

 grandiores evadunt, articulatae, cellulis 9 — 12 cavis vacuis. Alia: 

 minores ad apicem ramorum omniiio folidas, diflepimento medio 

 longitudinali. Intus ad latera feminum minimorum congeries plu- 

 rimae — Veficula omnes oblongas, et mucronatx, five apice produ6la 

 obtufiufculo — Color olivaccus. 



There is no need of labouring the defcription of this plant, as 

 it in fadl has no rival; its pod-like leaves or procefies being a pecu- 

 liar diftindlion. 



We were furprifed to find at Weymouth large plants of this 

 fpecies thrown up by the fea entirely void of all fru6tification, or 

 indeed any approaches to it; the leaves being lengthened to a very 

 confiderablc degree, and exceedingly narrow and thin. 



The procefies which we call leaves, after fome time thicken and 

 fwell» and aflume the form of pods. We have examined a great 

 number of them, and have always obferved the generahty of the 

 older ones to be hollow, cellular, and void (^f feeds. Thofe placed 

 towards the extremities of the branches are cartilaginous and folid» 



. with. 



