the Britipj Fuel, ivilh particular Defcrlptiom of each Species. 149 



violence of the waves: the branches, where entire, nre ufually 

 fomething more than I of an inch broad — the ends of them are 

 much fwelled, and not quite blunt. This variety gives much 

 trouble in drying, owing to the great quantity' of mucilage in the 

 ends of the branches : when dry, the ends often appear more acute 

 than they are in their freih ftate. 



Ray mentions it as being very common near Chichefter. We 

 have found it frequently in feveral places on the fouth coaft. 



We cannot help remarking upon the name of this plant. One 

 would imagine that it was conftantly and fingularly fpiral : that is 

 by no means the cafe; for it is often found perfectly plain. All 

 the varieties of veficul&fus occafionally affe£t a fpiral' growth : the 

 difFufe divaricatiis is not exempt from it — fo that the name is not 

 exclufively applicable to this fpecies. It is known moft furely by 

 ks extremities being fwelled and obtufe, and being free from blad- 

 ders. Thefe are its conftant diftindtion : its fpirality is accidental. 



24. FUCUS CERANOIDES. 



F. fronde plan^ dichotoma integerrima aequali, apicibus tumi- 

 diufculis tuberculatis lanceolatis. Herb. Linn. Buddie, p. 6. 

 «. 3. Buddie & Vernon, p. 21. n. 4. 

 F. fihformis. Ginelin, p. 72. t. 1. A.f. I. 

 F. ceranoides. Linn. Sp. PL 1626. 

 F. linearis. Fl. j4ng. p. 578. 



F. diftichus. Fl. Scot. p. 912. JVitheringy vol. 3.^. 242. 

 Habitat in rupibus et faxis fubmarinis prope Chriftchurch in agro 

 Hantonienfi. 



Radix, callus parvus expanfus — Frons 3-uncialis — fefquipedalis, 

 alata, angufta, plana, dichotoma, veficularum expers; ab ipfo fere 



ortu 



