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45. FUCUS COCCINEUS. 



F. fronde fub-cartilaginea ramofifllma, ramulis fubulatis fe- 

 cundis ; tuberculis globofis fubfeffilibus. Herb. Buddie, p. 29. 

 n. I. 4. Petiver, p. 26. «. i. 

 F. plocamium. GmeHn,p. 153. /. 26./ I. R. Syti.p. 37. w. i. 

 F. coccineus. FI. Ang. p. 587. FL Scot. p. 955. Withering^ 



vol. 2,. p. 253. 

 F. cartilagineus. Fl. Jng. ed. i. p. 473. 

 Habitat in rupibus faxis plantifve marinis ubique. 

 Radift fibrofa furculos emittens unde novae fiunt plantae — From 

 folitariavel numerofa conferta, dodrantalis aut femipedalis, vix car- 

 tilaginea, filiformi-comprefTa, craffitie fill emporetici minoiis, coc- 

 cinea, diaphana, fupra-decompofita — Rami ramulique nonnunquam 

 alterni, plerutnque autem alternatim fecundi funt, i. e, duo vel tres 

 ramuli ex uno ramorum latere, dein duo vel tres ex altero latere 

 alternoordine prodeunt — l?<7w«//extremibreyi(rimi,fubulati,confl:an- 

 ter fecundi — FruSiificatio, tubercula minima, ex rubro-nigrefcentia, 

 in ramulis feffilia, et nonnunquam, fed rariffime, pedunculata. 



This very beautiful fpecies is diftinguilhed from all its affinities 

 by the difpofition of its branches, particularly the extreme ones, and 

 by its much brighter colour. The fecondary branches fometimes 

 c;ro\v alternate, but much more frequently from one fide of the pri- 

 mary branches, and this in a regularly alternate order, as has been 

 already defcribed, and in which fingulai" difpofition of its ramifica- 

 tion, this plant differs from all its congeners. — The remaining divi- 

 fions of the branches, except the laft, conftantly follow the fame 

 difpofition : but the extreme ramuli are always clothed with minute 

 fubulatc teeth, growing from one fide only, and fomewhat refem- 



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