940 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGM. 



order call'd a Pica, to ftrengthen the ftomach 

 and reftore the appetite. 



faccharinus p. fmnde fubfimplici enfiformi, ftirpe tereti bre- 



2.2 • 



^* viiTima. Lin. fyjl. nat. edit. 13. />. 815. Sp, 



pi. 1630. 



{Reaumur. a5f. Gall. 17 12. pag. 29. tab. 3. /. 4. 

 G;;;^?/. hift. fucor. p. 194. /. 27. ei var. t. 28. 

 ^^«. O^i^r. Di?;?. /. 416. ^/)/. 



Sweet Fucus or Sea-beit. Anglis, 



Upon the fea-coaft very common. VIII. 



The fubftance of this is cartilaginous and lea- 

 thern ; the ftalk is round, and deftitute of pin- 

 nated ligaments ; and the leaf is quite riblefs. 

 Thefe charadlers fufficiently diftinguilh it from 

 the preceding, to which it is nearly related. 



It confifts of only one fimple, linear, elliptic leaf, 

 of a tawny green color -, about five feet long, 

 and three inches wide, in its full-grown ftate ; 

 but varies fo exceedingly as to be found from a 

 foot to four yards in length. 



The ordinary length of the ftalk is tv/o inches, 

 but it varies even to a foot. The root is com- 

 pofed of branched fibres, which adhere to the 

 Hones like claws. 



in its fru6lify'd ftate the leaf is waved on the 

 margins, and has generally two rows of wrink- 

 led fmufcs running parallel to each other, and 



length- 



