968 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



The fubftance of it is fmooth and fhining, and 

 a little tongh, but not difficult to be torn. 

 The breadth from three inches to a foot. — It 

 often varies into a long riband like form. 



The inhabitants of the Weftern iQes gather it in 

 the month of March^ and after pounding and 

 flewing it with a little water, eat it with pep- 

 per, vinegar, and butter. Others ftew it with 

 leeks or onions. 



In England it is generally pickled with fait, and 

 preferved in jars ; and when brought to table 

 is ftew'd, and eaten with oil and lemon-juice, 



intejlinalis ULVA tubulofa fimplex. Syji. nat, edit. 13. ^. 

 3. 817. Sp. pi, i6z'^* (Dillen. mufc. p. 47. /. 9. 



/. 7-) 

 Gut Laver. Sea Chitterling. Anglis. 

 In ditches and ftagnant waters by the fea-fide, 

 and often caft up upon the Ihores. It is alfo 

 found fometimes in frelh-water rivers and 

 ponds. 

 This is a tubular fkin or membrane, of a yellowifh 

 or a green color, wrinkled and fmuated like a 

 gut or chitterling •, gener-ally fimple or un- 

 branch'd -, of various fizes, from that of a 

 ,'::- - crow's quill to the thicknefs of a man's thumb, 



and from fix inches to a yard in length. 



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