ihe Brilifj Fuel, with particular Defcriptions of each Species. 153 



Habitat in rupibus fubmaiiiiis frequens. 



Ralix ut in F. faccharino fibrofa— F/ow ftipitata — Stipes teres, un- 

 dalis, pcdalis, bipcdalis, tenuis, aut cralRis pro astate et loco. Frons 

 ipHx membranacea, cartilaginea, in lacinias enfiformes quatuor, fxpe 

 in plurimas dividitur, omnes planas avenias AcuUs—Mitudo in 

 adultioribus, ulnaris ct ultra— Co/or fordide viret — Fruailicationem 

 nondum vidimus. 



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27, FUCUS BULBOSUS. 



F. fronde palmata laciniis enfiformibus, ftipite piano ; radicc 



inflato-bulbofa. J^I. Pari/. 1712. p. 21. t. i. /. I. 

 F. palmatus. Gmelin,p. 202. t. 30. 

 F. bulbofus. /•■/. ^ng. p. 579- 



F. polyfchides. Fl. Scot. p. 936. Withering, vol. 3. p. 244. 

 Stackboufe^ Ner. Brit. p. 6. t. 4, 

 Habitat in Inlula Portlandias— in littore Cornubienfi. 

 Adh^ret rupibus fibris, qua fingulae in callum minutum ex- 

 panfum definunt— Fro;7x ftipitata— ^//>fJ planus, bafi inflato-bulbosa 

 (quse radicem bulbofam cavam refert) tuberculosa, quafi ex rudi- 

 mcntis frondium novarum, magnitiidine ab ovo motacills ufque ad 

 infantis caput, fub-tortuofus, marginibus inferne crifpo-undulatis, 

 in adultis pcdalis ct ultra— Hie flipes in frondem abit planam ave- 

 niam, in lacinias plurimas divifam, enfiformes acutas— Co/^r ut in 

 praecedentibus fordide v'lrtt—FruaiJicatio latet— An tubcrcula quas ex 

 ftipitis bafi enafcuntur, fruftificationis receptacula? Videant au- 

 toptce — Altitudo variat ufque ad quinque ulnas. 



The F. digitatus and bulbofus feem extremely alike ; but, to an at- 

 tentive obferver, no two plants can differ more. In F. digitatus the 

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