158 Dr. GooDENOUGH and Mr. WooDWARD'i Ohfervaticns on 



As Llnnxus has taken no notice of this plant (F. corymhijerm q{ 

 Gmelin is his crijlatus\ we neceflarily recur to the name by which 

 Gmehn originally fct it forth. 



49. FUCUS DENTATUS. 



F. fronde membranacea tenerrima ramosa alternatim pinnati- 

 fida ; ramulis linearibus apice incifis, lacinulis acutis. Herb, 

 'Linn, Mcrifon, Hiji. Oxon. iii. 7^ 15. t. 8. /. 5. bona. 

 L/>;«. .SJv,/?. F/. Ang. p. 582. Fl. Scot. p. 952. Wiiheringy vol. 3, 

 p. 248. 

 Radix callus — Sub ipfo ortu frons ramofa fit — Rami alternatim 

 pinnatifidi, finubus ramulorum obtufiufculis — RamuU breves hnea- 

 rcs, nonnunquam etiam pinnatifidi, apicibus femper f. in lacinulas 

 plerumque acutas divifis — Subjiantia membranacea tenera admodum 

 et avenia — Color ruber — Altitudo 2 — 4 uncialis — FruSliJicationein non- 

 dum vidimus. 



Obf. Oculo bene armato, ramuli, prxfertim ad finus ramulorum, 

 clliis breviflimis obfiti videntur. 



We have not admitted the fynonym of Gmelin's corymbifertis, al- 

 though adduced by the authority of Mr. Hudfon and Mr. Light- 

 foot. We have little doubt but that is the F. crijlatus of Linna:us. 

 It certainly is not dmtatus. — That is a large plant, growing a foot 

 high or more : de?itatus rarely exceeds five or fix inches. 



We lament extremely our utter inability to fay one word about 

 the fruftification. 



Morifon's figure is excellent. There is no danger of confound- 

 ing it with any of its affinities. Teh only one which at all ap- 

 .proaches it is the laceraius var. papyraceus ; but the ends of the 

 branches in, that variety are entire and obtufe — in this divided, 



and 



