CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 961 



FERVAi but its frudifications arc more 

 nearly allied to that of FUCUS ; and in this 

 Gemis we have thought proper to range it, 

 under the fanflion of the celebrated Dr. SO- 

 LANDER, and the lately deceas'd ingenious 

 and much-lamented ELLIS. 



F. frondibus cs:fpitofis repentibus ramofis articu- 

 latis, articulis oblongis planis. — A Linn^o non 

 defcriptus. (Billen. mufc. 50. /. 10. /. 9. A. 

 B. C. D. hon.) 



Little creeping clufter'd Fucus. Anglis. 



It grows upon the fea-rocks, which are wafh'd by 

 the waves, in many places, particularly near 

 Muffelhurgh, ^c. VIII. 



The fubftance is fomewhat cartilaginous, but ten- 

 der and elaftic. The color a deep purple or 

 violet ; the fummits of the branches often 

 ting'd with a dull green. The height only 

 about half an inch. 



It creeps upon the rocks fo as to form clufters or 

 patches, confiding of many extremely fine 

 proftrate runners entangled together, and emit- 

 tino; from their fides fmall acute lisaments or 

 creeping radicles like claws. From thefe run- 

 ners are produced fnort branched flioots. The 

 •branches without order, flender at the bafe, 

 but dilated upwards, and jointed. The joints 

 Q^q q oval 



