932 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



furcellatus F. fronde filiformi dichotoma ramofiffima acumi- 

 iS. nata. Syji.nai. p. S15, edii. i^. Sp.pl. 16^1. 



n. 30. FUCUS lumhricalis. Hiidf. FU Ang, 

 /». 47i.». 25. 



{Moris, hifi. Ox. fe5l. 15. t. 9. /. 4. or dims fupe. 

 rioris, bona. Gunner. a5f. Nidros. 4, p. 82. /. 5. 

 f.4. Gmel. hiji. fucor. 108. /. 6./. 2. Oeder. 

 Dan. /. 419. opL 



Long-forked Fucus. Anglis. 



Upon the fea-beach frequent. VIII. 



This is fo nearly related to the preceding, thai' 

 the limits are hardly to be diftinguilhed. Itii 

 probably no more than a variety; but as th< 

 great Linnaeus has kept them afunder, w( 

 choofe to continue them feparate, at lead til 

 we have better authority to conjoin them. 



It is generally of a black fufcous color when fui 

 grown, the young fpecimens being dark-ro 

 or greenifh. 



The fubftance and manner of growth is the fam' 

 as in the foregoing, but the plant itfelf is g( 

 nerally taller, the branches thicker, and, whic 

 is the principal difference, the terminatir 

 forks are fubulate, acute, and nearly an inc 

 long, whereas thofe of the other are feldo 

 more than two lines. 



The forks, in a ftate of fru6lification, becor 

 tumid and full of mucus, as in the precedin 



