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VII. Alaria. From ala, a wing, in allusion to the winged 

 frond, 



1. Esculenta, esculent alaria, called baderlocks, 

 or kenware, in Scotland; in the Orkney 

 Islands, honey-ware ; in Ireland, 'marlin. 



VIII. Laminaria. From lamina, a thin plate, in allusion 

 to the flat frond. 



1. Digitata, finger-like laminaria, or " sea- 

 girdles and hangers." 



2. Bullosa, bulbous-rooted, or great fur-be- 

 lowed laminaria. 



3. Saccharina, sweet laminaria, or sea-belt. 



4. Phillitis, leafy hart's tongue. 



5. Fascia, bundle-leaved. 



Family III.— Spoeochnoidejb. 



Plants chiefly of a yellowish-green, branches leafy or 

 hair-like ; speedily decomposing on exposure to the air. 



Fronds occasionally bearing deciduous tufts of bright 

 green filaments. 



Fructifications, mostly warts, or little stalked, club- 

 shaped bodies. — Harvey* 



IX. Desmarestia. Named in honour of A. Gr. Desmarest, a 

 celebrated French naturalist. 



1. Ligulata, strap-leaved desmarestia. 



2. Virides, green or flourishing. 



3. Aculeata, spiny. 



X. Sporochnus. 



1. Pedunculatus, footed sporochnus. 



XI. Corpomitra. Signifying fruit, a cap or mitre. 



1. Calrera, tendril carpomitra. 



