CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.E. 935 



(3. FUCUS fcoticus latijfimiis edulis dulcis. Synopf. 

 p. 46. n. 30. 



The inhabitants both of Scotland and Ireland take 

 r ^ pleafure in eating this plant : fometimes they 

 feed upon it like a fallad, when frefh taken out 

 of the fea ; but the more ufual method is firfl: 

 to dry it, then roll it up together, and chew it 

 like a plug of tobacco. And this they do 

 more for the pleafure arifing from habit, than 

 from any fuppofed virtues in the plant it- 

 felf. 



The inhabitants alfo of the iflands in the Archi- 

 pelago^ as we learn from Si elk r , are very fond 

 of this plant. They fometimes eat it raw, but 

 efteem it mofl when added to ragouts, oglios, 

 and fuch like dainties, to which it gives a red 

 color, and difTolving, renders them thick and 

 gelatinous. 



Jn the ifle of Skye it is fometimes ufed in fevers, 

 to promote a fweat, being boil'd in water, with 

 the addition of a little butter. In this manner 

 it alfo frequently purges. 



Thedry'd leaves infus'd in water exhale the fcent 

 of violets. 



digitatus F. fronde palmata, foliolis enfiformibus, ftirpe 

 20. tereti, Lin. fyjl. nat. edit. 13. p. 815. (Ger, 



emac. 1570. /. 9. Gouan.fior, 61. /. 3.) 



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