g^B CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



' ' divided almoft from the bafe into many widely' 

 expanded branches. Thefe primary branches 

 are very long, alternate, exadly like the (lalk, 

 and fubdivided into alternate fecondary branches, 

 which are again frequently compounded in like 

 manner, and thefe divifions decorated with 

 fubulated teeth growing in alternate rows, cu- 

 rioufly pedlinated or finely tooth'd on the up- 

 per fide like a comb, the fmalleft of thefe teeth 

 fcarcely villble to the naked eye. 



The fru6tifications are minute fpherical capfules, 



or fmooth dark-red globules, fcatter'd without 



order on the fides of the branches ; generally 



• fefiile, but fome few of them fupported on 



fhort peduncles. 



This Fucus, on account of its elegant colors and 

 fine divifions is the fpecies molt admired by 

 the ladies who are fond of piclures, and mimic 

 landfcapes, compos'd of marine vegetables. 



vermkula- F. caule filiformi ramofo, ramis dichotomis, foliis 



ris 38. oblongis teretlbus peciolarls. — (Reaum. acf. 



Gall. lyiS. p. 40. f.g. 8. e. hna. FUCUS ver~ 



micularis. Gmel. kijl. fucor. p, 162. L 18. f. 4. 



opt.) 



Stonecrop Fucus, Anglis. 



In bafons of water upon the fea-rocks, but not 

 common. We gathered it upon the rocks of 

 the Little If.cs of Jura. VII. 



2 Ths 



