92S CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^'. 



warts we conceive to be analogous to the knots 

 or wens frequently obferv'd on large trees. 

 It has the color, lubftance, and habit of the fore- 

 going, and we believe it to be nothing more 

 than a variety of it. 



flagelUfor- F. fronde filiformi tereti ramofa, ramis alternis 

 mis 15. fubdiilichis longiflimis, uniformibus. Oeder, 

 (FUCUS long/J/imus. Cmel. hiji. fucor. p. i^^- 

 tab. 13, bona. Oed. Dan. t. 650. op.') 

 Whip-cord Fucus. Anglis. 

 ,' Upon the fea-fhores frequent, as about New- 



Haven, &c. VIII. 

 This is found from a foot to two feet in length. 

 Its color, when frefh, is generally a dark dull 

 red, fometimes a greenifh yellow, but black 

 when dry. Its lubftance is cartilaginous, but 

 ;; tender and flippery. 



1"he ftalk and branches have an uniform thick- 

 nefs, of the fize of a thread, or the fmalleft 

 ftrings of a fiddle. 

 The branches generally grow diftichous and al- 

 ternate, but often without any order. Thefe 

 again are ufually fubdivided once more into 

 alternate fecondary branches, which are very 

 long, and quite fimple to the ends. 

 The fructifications are feldom found. They ap- 

 pear in the term of Imall feffile globules or tu- 

 bercles, 



