50 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



and cotton ; and, in America, for fining beer. It is 

 collected around Sligo, on the coast of Massachu- 

 setts,* and at Hamburg. 



CEYLON Moss, Jaffna Moss, or Fucus Amylaceus 

 (Sphcerococcus lichenoides, Agardh.), another of the 

 Floridecz, from the coasts of Ceylon, Burma, etc., was 

 introduced to European notice by O'Shaughnessyf 

 between 1830 and 1840, and is now used as a 

 demulcent food-jelly for invalids. 



Other seaweeds used as food are GREEN LAYER 

 (Ulva Lactttca, L., and U. latissima, L.), used as a 

 sauce with roast mutton, now regularly sold in 

 London ; PURPLE LAYER, or SLOKE (Porphyra 

 laciniata, Agardh., and P. purpurea, Agardh.) ; DULSE 

 (Rhodymenia pahnata, Grev.), used in Scotland and 

 Iceland ; TANGLE (Laminaria digitata, Lx., and L. 

 saccharina, Lx.) ; and BALDERLOCHS (Alaria esculenta, 

 Grev.). 



6. FRUITS. 



The enormously increased importation of fresh 

 fruit of all kinds from Spain and other countries, 

 of oranges from the Azores and elsewhere, of pine- 

 apples, and of raw apples, has been already alluded 

 to. This last trade, together with that in apple- 

 chips, etc., is mainly the creation of the last few 

 years. 



The APPLE (Pyrus Mains, L.) has been in cultiva- 

 tion from prehistoric times, being supposed by 



* G. H. Bates, ' Pharm. Journ.,' xi (1870), p. 298. 

 f ' Pharmacographia/ p. 68 1 ; Cooke, * Pharm. Journ.,' i 

 (1860), p. 504, etc. 



