214 ^' ' GoODENoucJH and Mr, WoodwardV Obfervations on 



terminating the branches, rarely exceeding one line in length. The 

 plant, when infcfted with this parafite, has a fringed appearance, 

 and fo extremely refcmbles the garlnera of Pallas, figured in his 

 Mi/cell. Zool. p. 199. /. 14./. 24. and again in Gmelin, />. 164. 

 t. 19. that we are induced to believe they are the fame ; but not 

 choofing to make any references, upon the authenticity of which 

 we cannot abfolutely rely, we have not ventured to refer pofitively 

 to thofe figures. 



We have never ourfelves feen this plant in a growing ftate. Mr. 

 Iludfon fays it is found on the fub-marine rocks and ftones on the 

 ]fle of Portland : and we have in our polTeffion fpecimens which 

 were gathered amongft other reje£lamenta on the beach at Yar- 

 mouth in Norfolk, and which were probably walhed from the 

 rocks on fome part of the caftern coafl:. 



62. FUCUS ASPARAGOIDES. 



F. fronde liliformi ramofiflima ; tubercuhs globofis peduncu- 



latis, ramulis fubulato-fetaceis alternatira oppofitis. 

 Adl. Soc. Linn. 2. p. 29. /. 6. 

 Habitat in faxis et lapillis marinis apud Cromer. 

 Radix fibrofa — Frons filiform is, teres, craffitie fili emporetici mi- 

 noris, femipedalis, ramis fub-altcrnis iteram ramofis — Hi rami ra- 

 mulis fubulato-fetaceis, fefquilineam circiter longis, pinnati funt — 

 Fru^lfcatio, tubercula globofa, pedunculata, magnitudine femina 

 papaveris vix jequantia, ramulis alternatim oppofita, et duplo bre- 

 viora — Pedunculi longitudine tubercula fequant vel exfuperant — 

 Color totius plantae laete ruber. 



This beautiful fpecies cannot be confounded with any in the fame 



divifion. 



