^6Z CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 



The fubftance of it is fmooth and fhining, and 

 a little tough, but not difficult to be torn. 

 The breadth from three inches to a foot.— It 

 often varies into a long riband-like form. 



The inhabitants of the Weftern illes gather it in 

 the month of March, and after pounding and 

 ftewing it with a little water, eat it with pep- 

 per, vinegar, and butter. Others ftew it with 

 leeks or onions. 



In England it is generally pickled with fait, and 

 preferved in jars ; and when brought to table 

 is flew'd, and eaten with oil and lemon-juice, 



intcftinalis ULVA tubulofa fimplex. Syjl. nat. edit. 13. p, 

 2- 817. Sp. pL 1632. (Dillen. mufc. p. 47. /. 9. 



Gut Laver. Sea Chitterling. An-glis. 

 In ditches and ftagnant waters by the fea-fide, 

 and often caft up upon the lliores. It is alfo 

 found fometimes in frelli-water rivers and 

 ponds. 

 This is a tubular fldn or membrane, of a yellowilh 

 '; or a green color, wrinkled and finuated like a 



: gut or chitterling \ generally fimple or un- 



; branch'd \ of various fizes, from that of a 



", ':•' ■ crow's quill to the thicknefs of a man's thumb, 



j and from fix inches to a yard in length. 



: ' It 



