Marine Algce of Berivick-on- Tweed. 355 



A dwarf variety of this species, seldom more than an inch 

 high, which grows in a somewhat imbricated manner on the 

 sides of rocks near high-water mark, is abundant near the Singing 

 Cove and elsewhere along the coast. Johnston quotes from 

 Lightfoot " This fucus has a hot taste in the mouth, and is there- 

 fore called pepper dulse by the people in Scotland, who frequenly 

 eat it as a sallad ;" adding "This custom has become obsolete, 

 nor is it likely to be revived, for both the taste and odour of 

 the plant are disagreeable." 



BOSTRYCHIA, Mont. 



Bostrychia scorpioides (Q-mel.) Mont. 



Hist. Cuba. Bot., p. 39 (1838.) — Fucus scorpioides, Gmel., 

 Hist. Fuc, p. 135. 

 Descr. Bostrychia scorpioides, Harv., Phyc. Brit. 

 Fig. „ ,, Harv., I.e. pi. 48. 



Exsicc. Rhodomela scorpioides. Wyatt, Alg. Danm., no. 69. 



Bostrychia scopioides, Crouan, Alg. Finist., no. 322 ; Le Jol., Alg. 

 Mar. Cherb., no. 122. 

 ■ Syn. „ „ Harv., Man., p. 79 ; J. Ag., Spec. Alg. 



Rhodomela scorpioides, Ag., Spec. Alg. I., p. 380 ; Ag., Syst., p. 



200. 

 Helicothamnion scorpioides, Ktz., Phyc. Gen., p. 433, t. 53, v. 

 Alsidium scorpioides, J. Ag., in Linnsea, vol. xv., p. 23. 

 Facus amphibins, Suds., Fl. Angl., p. 590 ; Eng. Bot., t. 1428. 

 Plocamiam amphibinm, Lamour., Ess., p. 50. 

 Hab. Adhering to the stems of the flowering plants which fringe the 

 borders of the pools in the salt marsh at Fenham Flats. All 

 the year. Very rare. 



DASYA, Ag. 



Dasya coccinea (Huds.) Ag. 



Spec. Alg. ii., p. 119. — Conferva coccinea, Huds., Fl. Angl., 

 p. 603. 

 Descr. Dasya coccinea, Harv., Phyc. Brit. 

 Fig. „ „ Harv., I.e. pi. 253. 



Exsicc. „ „ Wyatt, Alg. Danm., no. 41 ; Crouan, Alg. Finist., 



no. 287 ; Le Jol., Alg. Mar. Cherb., no. 184. 

 Syn. „ „ J. Ag., Spec. Alg. n., p. 1185. 



Trichothamnion coccineum, Ktz., Phyc. Gen., p. 415; Ktz., Spec. 

 Alg., p. 800. 



