136 Mr. Turner's Defcriptmis of four new Species ofFucus. 



filiculis duplo vel triplb longiorcs. Subftantia e cartilaginco ge- 

 latinofa, lubricn. Color totius plantse fufco-ruber. 



A fiiK'le fpccimen of this Fucus was found many years ago upon 

 the Yarmouth beach by Mr. Wigg, to whofe merit I feel a peculiar 

 pleafure in paying what I confider the moft public teftimony in my 

 power, by making it known to the botanical world under his name ; 

 and, as 1 think there cannot be the fmalleft doubt of its being 

 totally diftlnft, not only from every Englilli, but alfo from every 

 other Fucus hitherto known, I truft that, however uncouth the 

 appellation I have beflowed upon it, the Linnean Society will (hare 

 my feelings, and nevcrthelefs fufFer it under that title to defcend to 

 poflerity. Mr. Mafon and myfelf have fince gathered it, though 

 neither of us more than one plant, nor do I know that it was ever 

 fcen in any other part of the kingdom. The place which naturally 

 belongs to it in the Britifh lift is immediately between F. peduncu- 

 latus and F. afparagoides ; but, as there is no fear of its being con- 

 founded with thofe or any other fpecies, and as I have in my fpecific 

 charafter included all the particulars refpeding it with which 1 am 

 acquainted, I fhall add no more upon the fubjeft, except that the 

 pods containing the feeds feem to be, as in F.fmuojus, laciniatus, and 

 - many others, merely extenfions of the frond, which, when their 

 office is fulfilled, flart forth into new branches. 



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