2IO Dr. GooDENOUGH and Mr. Woodward'/ Obfervations on 



tion more certainly than from his reprcfcntation, is F. nlbidus of 

 Hudibn. 



That it is the longijfunus of Gmelin cannot be doubted, and it 

 appears from the note at p. 134, that he himfelf thought it to be 

 confervoides Sp. PI. though he did not venture to quote it as cer- 

 tain. 



The colour is almofl always dark purple, though fometimes it is 

 mixed witli green or dirty yellow. The tubercles are fmall, nume- 

 rous, and nearly black. It adheres to the rocks and flones by fmall 

 fibres, and is found on various parts of the Britifti coaft. 



59. FUC0S ALBIDUS. 



F. fronde filiformi fubdichotoma ramofiflima, ramis fub-fe- 



cundis ; tuberculis lateralibus fub-rotundisdepreflis. 

 F. verrucofus. Gmelin, p. 136. /. 14. /I I. 

 F. albidus, F!. Ang. p. 588. IVithering, vol. ^.p, 256. 

 Hiibitat in rupibus et faxis fub-marinis in Infula Portlandisc — 

 apud Chriftchurch — Weymouth. 



Adhaeret rupibus et faxis radice fibrosa — Frons fpithamaea, pedalis 

 et ultra, cartilaginea, filiformis, teres, ramofiflima, craflitie fili em- 

 poretici, fsepiusautem fetacea — Rami primarii frequenter dichotomi, 

 nonnunquam fparfi, ramulis crebris fub-fecundis, bafi attenuatis 

 inftrufti ; hi autem aliis ramulis brevioribus et tenuioribus obfiti — 

 Fruclificatio, tubercula varia; magnitudinisad latera ramorumramu- 

 lorumque fparfa, adprimum femiglobofa, matura autem deprefla 

 €t paululiim umbilicata, fcutellis lichenum exinde fimillima 

 — Color albefcens vel fufcefcens, rarius purpurafcens, plerumque 

 pallidas. 



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