128 Dr. GooDENOUGH and Mr. Woodward'j OhferviJlions on 



the remains of Mr. Hudfon's coUctSlion, now in the pofTeffion of 

 A. B. Lambert, Efq. F. L. S. 



12. FuCUS BARBATU8. 



F. fronde fihformi ramofiflim^, ramuUs extremis tuberculatis, 



tuberculis congeftis foliolo fubulato terminatis. 

 Fuciis foeniculaceus. Gmelin,p. 86. /. 2. h. f. 2. 

 Fucus foeniculaceus. Fl.Ang.cpz^. JVithering, vol. o,. p. i^. 

 Habitat m rupibus et faxis fubmarinis, in Devonia. Hudfon. 



Radix . From teres fihformis 6 — 8 unciahs, craffitie 



pcnnam corviiiam vix aequans, flatim a radice ramofa, ramis iterum 

 inordinatim ramofiffimis, ramuHs fupremis tenuiffimis tuberculatis 

 — Tubercula aliquando foUtaria, frequentifTime in formam ovalem 

 congefta, haud rare fuprema bifida ; cundla in juniore aque ac per- 

 feftiori planta foholo fubulato terminata, quod autem in fenefcenti 

 frequenter deeft — Color receutis plants lutefcens, vel ex luteo rubef- 

 cens, ficcatse nigerrimus. 



After the account which has been given oifcsniciihceus^ it willnot 

 be furprifing that this plant fhould alfo have been the fubje6l of 

 much error; and that it fhould have been defcribed as bearing 

 veficles or air bladders ; which has tended to confound it, not only 

 \\\\!i\fcentculaceus^ but alfo with ahrotanifoUus 2LX\dJibrofus. What have 

 been taken for veficles, on the mofl careful examination with good 

 glafies, evidently appear to be congeries of feed-bearing tubercles : 

 and this is farther confirmed by the irregularity of their fhape; 

 for, tliough they are generally oval, they vary confiderably in their 

 proportionaliength and thicknefs, and feme of the terminal ones are 



frequently 



