CRYPTOGAMIA ALGM, 935 



FUCUS fcoticus latijfimus edulis dulcis. Synoff. 

 p. 46. n. 30. 



The inhabitants both of Scotland and Ireland take 

 pleafure in eating this plant : fometimes they 

 feed upon it like a fallad, when frefh taken out 

 of the fea -, but the more ufual method is firft 

 to dry it, then roll it up together, and chew it 

 like a plug of tobacco. And this they do 

 more for the pleafure arifmg from habit, than 

 from any fuppofed virtues in the plant it- 

 felf. 



The inhabitants alfo of the iflands in the Archi- 

 pelago, as we learn from Steller, are very fond 

 of this plant. They fometimes eat it raw, but 



. efteem it moll when added to ragouts, oglios, 

 and fuch like dainties, to which it gives a red 

 color, and difTolving, renders them thick and 

 gelatinous. 



Jn the ifle of Skye it is fometimes ufed in fevers, 

 to promote a fweat, being boil'd in water, with 

 the addition of a little butter. In this manner 

 it alfo frequently purges. 



The dry'd leaves infus'd in water exhale the fcent 

 of violets. 



F. fronde palmata, foliolis enfiformibus, ftirpe 

 tereti. JUn. fyjt. nat. edit. 13. p. 815. (Ger, 

 emac, 1570. /. 9. Gouan.Jlor, 61. t, 3.) 



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