CRYPTOGAMIA KLGM, 929 



bercles, placed here and there on the fides of 

 the branches. 

 We do not find this fpecies defcribed by Linnaus; 

 but it probably is that intended by DilleniuSy 

 under the denomination of FUCUS teres ru- 

 hens minus ramofus in longum protenfus. Rait 

 Synopf. p. 51. ;;. s^. 



•^licatus i6» F. fronde capillari uniform! ramofifTima, ramulis 

 fubfecundis implicatis diaphanis. — FUCUS 

 plicatus. Hudf. Fl. Ang. p. 470. ». 19. (PM. 

 phyt, t. 184. /. 2. Gmel. hijl. fucor, p, 142. 

 /. 14. /. 2. bona. Oeder. Dan. ^.408.) 



Matted or Indian-^r^Ss Fucus. Anglis. 



Upon the fea-fhores in many places, as about 

 New-Haven, &c. VIII. 



It is generally about three or four, but fometimes 

 fix inches long. Its color, after being expofed 

 to the fun and air, yellowilh or auburn. Its 

 fubftance pellucid, tough, and horny, fo as to 

 bear a ftrona; refemblance to what the anglers 

 call Indian Grafs^ that is, the tendrils iifuing 

 from the extremities of the ovary of the dog- 

 fifh. 



The growing plant exhibits a very different ap- 

 pearance from thofe fpecimens which are caft 

 up, and have lain expos'd on the beach. 



When recent, it anfwers to the following defcrip- 

 O o o tion ; 



