CRYPTOGAMIA ALGIE: 905 



water — Lajlly, On the fummits or extreme feg- 

 ments of the leaves appear tumid veficles, 

 about three quarters of an inch long, fometimes 

 oval and in pairs, fometimes fingle and bifid, 

 replete with a clear vifcid mucus interfperfed 

 with downy hairs ; the furface of which veficles 

 is rendered warty, by the numerous grains or 

 frudifications which are imbedded in it. — The 

 whole difc of the leaf is covered, like that of the 

 preceding fpecies, with pencils of fine hair-like 

 fibres, and fcattered over on both fides with 

 numerous fmall grains or tubercles. 



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vcr ? The plant varies from fix inches to two feet in 

 length, and the ramifications from one quarter 

 to an inch in width. The leaves have their 

 edges fometimes curled or undulated, and Ibme- 

 times contorted ; and befet either with many or 

 few air-bladders. The warty veficles are either 

 fingle, in pairs, or bifid ; of various fizes; and 

 either acutely oval, or obtufe; whence the many 

 varieties recorded by authors. 

 The F. vefuulofus is applied to various ufes in 



ceconomy and medicine. 

 It is well known to be an excellent manure for 

 land, to which piirpof? it is often apphc-J, 

 in the maritime parts of Scotland and other coun- 



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