CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. '^^^ 



The ftalk is filiform, comprefs'd, and branched ; 

 the branches of the fame fize with the ftalk, 

 lanceolate, alternate, fometimes oppofite, fimply 

 and often doubly pinnated •, the pinnules al- 

 ternate, fometimes oppofite, fetaceous, thinly 

 fet, and llightly curving upward. 



The points of thefe fetaceous pinnules ^re fre- 

 quently dilated, and in them we believe the 

 frufbifications may in proper feafon be found. 



fkcamium F. fronde membranaceo-cartilaginea ramofilTima, 



^7' ramulis alternatim pedinatis, fruftificationibus 



globofis lateralibus. — Rail fy nop/, p. 27- n. i. 



FUCU S cartilagineus. Hudf. Ang. p. /^y^. fed 



non Linn.€i, nee a Linnao defcriptus videtur. 



Mufcus marinus Cluf. kift. p. CCL. fig. me- 



r - \ diocris. F\J CU S piocamium. Gmel. hiji. fucor. 



p. 153. /. 16. /. I. opt.) 



Pedinated Fucus. Anglis. 



Upon the fea rocks, in bafons of water, left h^ 



the recefs of the tides, frequent. VIII. 

 Its natural color is a moft beautiful bright red or 

 purple, but is often variegated with white or 

 yellow. Its fubftance is cartilaginous, but ex- 

 tremely thin, delicate, and tranfparent. Its 

 height commonly about three or four inches. 

 The ftalk is comprefs'd, about half a line in dia- 

 meter, ered, but waved in izs growth, and 



divided 



