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The Lone Brown Sea-wEep. 
HIS Mofs is the longeft of all others, being often above twelve 
i Inches in Length; the main Branches are feldom fubdivided into 
lefler ones ; each being thickly cloathed with {mall oval Leaves, inter- 
mixed with brownifh Berries. This chiefly grows upon Rocks, at fome 
Diftance from the Shore. 
The WuitTe BRoaD-LEAF’pD Sea-WEED. 
HE Leaves of this fomewhat refemble thofe of a fmall curled 
Lettuce, but far more membranoufly thin ; and the Leaves more 
finuated and involved in the F oldings of each other. 
The Pate-GREEN SEA-WEED. 
HIS grows into a Clufter of thin, flat, pale-green Leaves, di- 
vided fideways into many Branches, each terminating in a blunt, — 
forked Point. 
The CoraL Seta-WEED. 
HIS extends itfelf from the Rocks, in a long, naked Stem, of a 
brown. yellowifh Colour, in Subftance near as thick a as Raven’s 
Quill; each, at its Extremity, divided into a Group of many blunt- 
pointed Divifions. 
The BRowN HEAD-LEAF’D SEA-WEED. ~ 
HIS grows in a thick Bunch; the Leaves, -as they grow, widen ; 
and, towards the Top, divide into five or fix deep round-pointed 
Sections. 
The Fine, WHITE Sea-WEED. 
HE Branches of this are very {mall, and all over hairy: I have 
i found this Sort growing upon the Sea-Cliffs, near a Place called 
_ the Spout, in St. Lucy’s Parifh: There is likewife a black Sort, which 
differs from this only in Colour, as well as a dark green fimilar to it. 
This, as it grows, becomes a ftronger Plant, and expands into Branches, 
refembling, in Miniature, a Deer’s Horn, 
The 
