286 ALGM. 



bridge to its mouth, growing intermingled with F. vesiculosus, of 

 which, in my Flora of Berwick, I had considered it a variety. 



(3.) Continued observation only strengthens my belief that all the 

 Melobesise are merely states, and abortive growths, of Corallina offi- 

 cinalis. 



(4.) " Is called in Northumberland slauke : whyche in lent the 

 poore people sethe, and that with lekes, and oyniones. They put it 

 in a poot, and smoze it, as they call it : and then it looketh blake, 

 and then put they oyniones to it, and eat it." W. Turner. 



(5.) See Ralfs on Chantransia in Ann. and Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 2. 

 viii. p. 302. 



(6.) = Cystocoleus ebeneus, Thwaites in Ann. and Mag. N. Hist. 

 Ser. 2. iii. p. 211. pi. viii. B. fig. 1-3. 



The marine Algse or ^ca-TOjtlfsi, when thrown on shore in a 

 mass, are called OTrtc or ^ta^OTlare, which is carted away as a 

 manure for the land *. "It is the opinion of many good farmers, 

 that a cart-load of good ware is at any season of the year equivalent 

 to an equal load of dung ; but at the time of sowing barley, it is con- 

 sidered as at least of double value ; partly owing to its being, as they 

 say, ripe at that season, having the strongest manuring quality, and 

 partly to its efficacy in producing fine crops of barley, both in quan- 

 tity and quality. When the ground is very dry, the ware is often 

 spread upon the ground after the corn is sown, or even sprung ; and 

 when applied in this manner, it is supposed to produce the best and 

 the surest eifects. Ware-barley is much esteemed by the brewers, 

 and is in great request for seed, particularly by the upland farmers, 

 as it is said to ripen at least a week earlier than any other ; so that 

 it sells for a shilling the boll higher than the current price." Rev. 

 A. Spence in Stat. Ac. of Cockburnspath. (Stat. Ac. of Scot. xiii. 

 p. 225.) — 'The Fucus vesiculosus and serratus are called OTracfe, 

 and are used for packing lobsters and crabs to be sent to a distant 

 market. The Laminarise form the Cangle or OTarc^Canglf ; and 

 Rhodomenia palmata is the |9uI:St, eaten occasionally by a whimsical 

 invalid, and sometimes by children, who, however, do not much 

 relish it f . The Itabtr (Porphyrse) is only known to a few, and 

 is not prepared for use on our coast ; neither is the l!ViSi)'0ioii, 

 although it (Chondrus crispus) abounds. The Enteromorphae fill 



* Early charters made Wrec the property of individual proprietors. In 

 one of 1228, confirming to the Prior and Convent of Durham certain rights, 

 we have — " Convenit etiam inter nos ex una parte et dictos Priorem et 

 Conventum Dunelm' ex altera de Wrec : scilicet quod Wrec de mari ubi- 

 cumque inventum in terra vel feodo Prioris dimichabitur inter nos et sue- 

 cessores nostros et Priorem Dunelm' qui pro tempore fuerit." The grant 

 extended to Island- and Norhamshires. See Raine's N. Durham, p. 5. 



t " In Itinerario meo Anglije invenio Northumbros Fucum quandam 

 Dulse dictum esitare, quem Lactucae marinse speciem esse turn conjectahar; 

 qui proeuldubio idem est cum Scotorum Dils, nee multum abludit k Lac- 

 tuca marina." Rail Syn. edit. 1696, p. 3. — On " Sea- Weeds as food," see 

 Gard. Chronicle, Sept. 25, 1852 : Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. i. p. xxiii. 



