9^6 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^E. 



fpecimens five or fix inches. It is found how- 

 ever much larger in North Britain than in the 

 South ; for on the Englijh fhores it feldom 

 exceeds two or three inches. 



The ftalk is filiform, comprefs'd, opaque, and 

 branched. The branches grow without order, 

 of a long elliptic figure, doubly and often 

 trebly pinnated, being compounded of fine, 

 oppofite, linear pinnules, affix*d to a flraight 

 central rib, fo as to refemble a moft delicate 

 feather. 



The fru(flifications are extremely minute oval 

 caplules, fupported on peduncles, and burfting 

 into about four fegments or cilia, fomething 

 like the Bryums. Thefe capfules are red, and 

 placed between the fecond order of pinnules 

 on the branches ; appearing only like dots to 

 the naked eye. 



nereideus F. fronde cartilaginea filiformi-comprefia ramofa, 



36. ramulis fetaceo-pinnatis. Solander, ^—(BUCUS 



fericius. Gmel hift.fucor. p. 149- ^- I5-/- S* ^^ 



VUCViSfpnofus. p. 161. /. 18. /. 3. quoad Jig.) 



Briftly-edged Fucus. Jnglis. 



In the Frith of Forth and other places, but not 



common. 

 The color is a deep red, or purple. The fubftance 

 cartilaginous, fomewhat (tiff and elaftic when 

 dry. The height about two or three inches. 



The 



