228 Dr. GooDENOUGH and Mr. Woodward'j Ohfervatms on 



This curious little plant is TufBcirjitly diftinguillied from all in this 

 divifion by its humble growth, and its peculiar frudlification. 



The fpccimens which we have feen of our firft variety have 

 rarely exceeded an inch in height : the primary and fecondary 

 branches are alternate, very much fpreading; the extreme branches 

 abfolutely capillary, generally alternate, but not unfrequently di- 

 chotomous, and, in this cafe, forming very obtufe angles. The ex- 

 tremities are rolled fpirally, and ufually include in their convolu- 

 tions cither fingle or aggregate mucilaginous tubercles. 



The figure in R. Syn. very accurately reprefents this plant; but 

 Pluk. Phyt. t. 47. /. 13, quoted by Gmelin, does not at all refemble 

 any fpecimens which have fallen under our obfervation. We have 

 therefore omitted to refer to it, convinced that nothing tends more 

 to confound the unpraiSlifed botanift, than references to erroneous 

 or doubtful figures. 



Our fecond variety, whether from its adhering to larger fub- 

 ftances, or enjoying a more fertilizing fpot, or from the mere effeft 

 of age, is much larger, oftentimes above two inches high ; the 

 main branches alfo are larger and coarfer, and the finer branches 

 not fo capillary or divaricating. However, the efiential charadler, 

 viz. the convolution of the tips of the finer fruit-bearing branches, 

 is equally confpicuous in this as in our firft variety. 



71. FUCUS PLICATUS. 



F. fronde filiformi dichotoma ramofiflima asquali, ramulis 

 fubfecundis ,- tuberculis lateralibus terminalibufque. 



Herb. BuMe, p. II. Pelivcr, p. 27. I. 2. R. Syn. p. 45. ;;. 26. 



Pluk. Phyt. t. 184./ 2. Gmdin, p. 142. /. 14./. 2. Fl. 



Ban. t. 408. Fl. Ang. p. 589. Fl. Scot. p. gig. JVithering^ 



vol. 3. p. 238. Slackboufcy Ner. Brit. p. 23. /. 7. 



2 Habitat 



