^5^ CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



divided almoft from the bafe into many widely 

 expanded branches. Thefe primary branches 

 are very long, alternate, exadly like the ftalk, 

 and fubdivided into alternate fecondary branches, 

 which are again frequently compounded in like 

 manner, and thefe divifions decorated with 

 fubulated teeth growing in alternate rows, cu- 

 riouQy pe6linated or finely tooth'd on the up- 

 per fide like a comb, the fmalleft of thefe teeth 

 fcarcely vifible to the naked eye. 



The fruftificadons are minute fpherical capfules, 

 or fmooth dark-red globules, fcatter'd without 

 order on the fides of the branches •, generally 

 feflile, but fome few of them fupported on; 

 Ihort peduncles. 



This Fucus, on account of its elegant colors and 

 fine divifions is the fpecies moil admired by' 

 the ladies who are fond of pictures, and mimic 

 landfcapes, composed of marine vegetables. 



vermicula- F. caule filiform! ramofo, ramis dichotomis, foliii 



ris 38. oblongis teredbus petiolaris. — (Reaum. a^. 



Gall. lyiS.p. 40. fg. 8. e. bona. FUCUS 'uer- 



micularis. Gmel. hijl. fucor. p. 162. i. iS. f. 4 



ept.) 



Stonecrop Fucus. Anglis. 



In bafons of water upon the fea-rocks, but noi 

 common. We gathered it upon the rocks oi 

 the Little 1/les of Jura, VII. 



2 Th( 



