the Brit'ifl} Fuci, with particular Defer ipi tons of each Sped a. 1 3 7 



in the form of linear leaves, which branch into others, and thefe 

 contraaing at intervals become veficles, the, fubdivifions forming 

 the flender ramifications. Specimens of this appearance occur fo 

 rarely, that it was thought better not to alter the defcription, which 

 applies to the more general habit of the plant, as it might only 

 tend to miflead or confound the young botanift. 



17. Fucus riBnosus. 



F. fronde filiformi ramofiflima ; ramis primariis fub-diftichis ; 



foliis filiformibus linearibufque ; veficulis fub-rotundls in- 



natis. Buddky p. 18. «. 4, 5. Petiver, p. 40. //. 5. Morifon, 



Hj/l, Ox. iii. p. 648. /. 8. / 17. R, Syn. p. 49. «. 45. 



Fucus abrotanoides. Gmelin, p. 89 — baccatus, p. 90. /. 3. / 2. 



FL Jng. p. 575, mthering, 3. 238. 

 Var. /3 fetaceus. FL Ang. p. ^y^. 

 Foliis infimis fub-linearibus, caeteris fctaceis. 

 Habitat nullibi copioluis quam apud Ilfracombc in Devonia. 

 Inter reje(Slan-.enta maris prope Weymouth. 

 Radix callus expanfus— Frowj ramofiffima, inferne fub-comprefla, 

 fcabra, dura, lignofa— /?^/«/primarii alterni diftichi, bsfi incraflati; 

 duri et lignofi— Rami csteii ramulique fparfi alterni numerofiffimi, 

 moK tenuiflimi — Per hos ramos ramulofque, veficulze fubrotundze, 

 modofolitarijE, fa:pe concatenate: videntur, omnes innatse, glabra:, fo- 



liolouno aut altero latcrali breviffimo fubulato erefto armatje In 



plantis adultioribus, bafin verfus, folia linearia plana nervo medio 

 tenui— In plantis adultioribus junioribufque fuperne folia omnia te- 

 retia, fctacea aut fub-fubulata, longitudine multum variantia j modo 

 uncialia, modo breviffima, pro habitu plantar et ftatui a— Ramulorum 

 foliolabrcviaadmodum,bafi tuttiefcentia, tubercuIofa~yf////Wo peda- 

 V0.L.III. T U3 



