928 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



warts we conceive to be analogous to the knots 

 or wens frequently obferv'd on large trees. 

 It has the color, fubftance, and habit of the fore- 

 going, and we believe it to be nothing more 

 than a variety of it. 



fiagellifoY' F. fronde filiformi tereti ramofa, ramis alternis 

 mis 15. fubdiftichis longilTimis, uniformibus. Oeder, 

 (FUCUS longijfimus, Gmel. hiji.fucor. p. 134. 

 tab. 13. hona. Oed. Ban. t. 650. op.) 



Whip-cord Fuciis. Anglis. 



Upon the fea-fhores frequent, as about New- 

 Haven, &c. VIII. 



This is found from a foot to two feet in length. 

 Its color, when frefh, is generally a dark dull 

 red, fometimes a greenifli yellow, but black 

 when dry. Its fubilance is cartilaginous, but 

 tender and flippery. 



The flalk and branches have an uniform thick- 

 nefs, of the fize of a thread, or the fmalleft 

 firings of a fiddle. 



The branches generally grow diflichous and al- 

 ternate, but often without any order. Thefe 

 again are uiuaily fubdivided once more into 

 alternate fecondary branches, which are very 

 long, and quite fimple to the ends. 



The frudifications are feldf.m found. They ap- 

 pear in the form of fmall fefliie globules or tu- 

 bercles, 



