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inches long, very much branched, in a dichotomous manner, 

 and divided at the points, fome bifid, or trifid, and others mul- 

 tifid, of the thicknefs of aftrong horfe-hair, with cafes regularly 

 briftkd.or fet with fhort hairs. It is of a deep purple, except at 

 the ends, which are of a pale yellow. It is alfo frequent with- 

 out the briftled incruftation. 



3. Small fcarlet Fucus, 'with a porous incrujlation on the branches fg). 

 On the fame fliore, fparingly. It is three inches long, mode- 

 rately branched, of a bright fcarlet. The incruftation is white, 

 porous, and in parts hairy, fpangled with glittering teftaceous 

 corpufcles. It is alfo frequent without the incruftation. 



4. Small fcarlet and ivhite fucus (h). On the fame fhore, and 

 other places on the coaft, fparingly. It is membranaceous and 

 divaricated, two or three inches long, of a beautiful fcarlet and 

 white. The fcarlet holds its colour in drying. The white turns 

 to a ftraw-colour. 



5. Purple, membranaceous, efcuknt Fucus (i). On the fhores of 

 Crejpwell, Dunjlonbrough, and Berwick, plentifully. Our fifher- 

 men call it Dulfe. In Scotland it is called Dils, and in Ireland, 

 Dulejh. 



(g) Fucus membranaceus ceranoides varie difle&us. Raj. Syn. iii. p. 44. Alga minor 

 fuave-rubcns varie divifa. Mart. Dec. p. 32. t. 32. Fucus membranaceus ramofiffimus, 

 ramulis linearibus. Linn. Flo. Suec. n. 1012. 



(h) Fucus pulcre albo ruben?, foliis latis breviffimis laciniatis. 



(i) Yucusfcotlcus latiflimus edulis dulcis. Silbald. SCOT, illuftr. 26. Raj. Syn. iii. p. 46. 

 Raj. Hift. i. p. 74. Fucus caule tereti breviflimo, 'folio maxitno enfiformi fubfimplici. 

 Linn. Flo. Lapp. n. 460. Flo. Succ. n. icio. 



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