94© CRYPTOGAMIA ALGiE. 



order call'd a Pica, to ftrengtlien the Romach 

 and reftore the appetite, 



facchartnus F. fronde fubnmplici enfiformi, ftlrpe tereti bre- 

 ^' vilinna. Lin. fyji. nat. edit. 13. p. 815. Sp, 



pL 1630. 

 (Reaumur. aSt. Gall. 171 2. pag. 29. tab. 3. /. 4. 

 • G;;z^/. >&/)?. y}.'r<7r. p. 194. /. 27. et var.t. 28. 

 i'o». Of^cr U<3//. t.^iG.opt. 

 • ■ Sweet FucLis or .Sea-belt. Anglis. 



Upon the fea-coafl: very common. VIII. 

 The fubftance of this is cartilaginous and lea- 

 - thern ; the Italk is round, and deiiLUte of pin- 



nated ligaments -, and the leaf is quite riblefs, 

 Thefe charaders fufficiently diftinguilh it froniA 

 the preceding, to which it is nearly related. 

 Jtconfifts of only one fimple, linear, elliptic leaf, 

 of a tawny green color ; about five feet long, 

 and three inches wide, in its full grown ftate ; 

 but v;iries fo exceedingly as to be found from a 

 foot to four yards in length. 

 The ordinary length of the ftalk is two inches, 

 but it varies even to a foot. The root is com- 

 pofed of branched fibres, which adhere to the 

 ftones like claws. 



In its fruftify'd ftate the leaf is waved on the 

 margins, and has generally two rows of wrink- 

 led finufes running parallel to each other, and 



lengthy 



