'932 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.^. 



furcellatm F. fronde filiformi dichotoma ramofifTima acumi- 

 iS. Tiata. Syji.nat. p. S15. edit. i^. Sp. pi. 162,1- 



■ n. 30. FUCUS lumhricalis. Hudf. Fl, Ang. 

 "' /). 47i.«. 25. 



{Morii. hijl. Ox.fe£l. 15. /. 9. / 4- ordinis fupe- 

 ri oris ^ bona. Gunner. a£f. Nidros. a. p. 82. /. 5. 

 /. 4. Gmel. lift, fucor. 108. /. 6./. 2. O^^^r. 



" Z)i2?7. /. 419. ^'/'-f. 



' ■ Long-forked Fucns. /^«^//j. 



"' Upon the fea-beach frequent:. VIII. 



This is fo nearly related to the preceding, that 

 the limits are hardly to be diftinguifhed. It is 

 probably no more than a variety •, but as the 

 crreat Linnaus has kept them afunder, we 

 choofe to continue them feparate, at leaft till 

 we have better authority to conjoin them. 

 It is o-enerally of a black fufcous color when full 

 crrown, the young fpecimens being dark-red 

 or greenifb. 

 The fubilance and manner of growth is the fame 

 ^' as in the foregoing, but the plant itfelf is ge- 



nerally taller, the branches thicker, and, which 

 ' is the principal difference, the terminating 



forks are fubulate, acute, and nearly an mch 

 ■' long, whereas chofe of the other are feldom 



more than two lines. 

 The forks, in a ftate of fruftification; become 

 tumid and full of mucus, as in the preceding. 

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