■206 Dr. GoODENOUGH or.d Mr. Woodward'/ Ohjcrvaliom on 



It differs komfajligiatus /S interceptus,\n its higher growth and larger 

 fize — in being ufually deftitute of geniculations — in its conftantly 

 regular dichotomous terminations — in having the extreme branches 

 in the fructifying ftate, in which only it could be miftaken, much 

 longer and thicker — and m colour, this being dark reddilh and fome- 

 what pellucid whilfl: frefti, though turning black when dry ; in 

 which ftate alfothe fhort oval terminations o( the ya/iigialus of the 

 Englifli authors contraft and become fubulate and acute. The differ- 

 ences between this plant and the fa/ilgiaUis of Linnsus are pointed 

 out under that fpecies. 



It adheres to the rocks and Aones by ftrong fibres, throwing out 

 ihort creepers, which produce other plants, all together frequently 

 forming large maffes, and is found on almoft every part of the 

 Britilh coaft. 



57. Ftrcus KALiFORMis. Tab. i8. 



F. fronde filiformi fub-gelatinofa tubulofa ramofiffima, ramis 



fparfis, ramulis fub-verticillatis fubulatis obtufiufculis. 



Habitat apud Weymouth. D. Stackhoufe — inter rejedlamenta 



maris apud Yarmouth in Norfolcia legimus, necnon apud 



Exmouth in Devonia. 



"Radix callus minimus craffus — From 4 — 6uncialis et ultra, fili- 



formis, fub-gelatinofa, tubulofa, modo craflitiem pennas corvinae 



fuperat, modo pafferinae vix squat — Statim a radice in ramos plu- 



rimos dividitur ; hi rami aliis vix minoribus nunc oppofitis nunc 



alternis, frequentius inordinatim pofitis ornati funt — Ramull fupre- 



tni fubulati, obtufiufculi, breves, fub-verticillati— f r«(f///K:^//o, tu- 



5 bercula 



