FUC 
d fucare, to ftain or paint.) Linn, Gen. 567. 
Behreby 768. Juff. 6. Reaumur Mem.. de l’Acad. des 
Sciences for 1491 . Clafs and. order, 
Cryptogamia Alga. Algae , 
en. Ch. Male unknown, Fe male, Cal. and Cor. none. 
Fi ri Germen imbedded j in the gelatinows internal fubftance 
1, 282. t. g, £0, If, 
Nat. Ord. 
produced in cluftered tubercles, which 
fourk at their fammics, 
eer Fructification of this genus ftill semains in the 
a obfeurity, Lin neus ima gined the male flowers to 
Or coria ceour frond, aggregate; ftyle and 
fe anlenow i: Peri elatinous. Seeds roundifh, nu- 
merous, oo at eee difperfed. 
Eff. Ch. 
mur’s opin 
is adopte ie agit cea ae 
tufts, {cattered over the ace, were 2 make flowers, Gertner 
has recurred to the old epi, that the family of ye 
and fome others of the Cryptogamia, have no actual 
‘fexual impre gnation 5 3 butthis does not bring us at all nearer 
ya — though it may ferve to fhelter ourignorance. Mr. 
rea de Serra, i in the Philofophical Tranfactions for 1796, 
oe fuggefted that the mucus which envelopes the feeds of 
this family may be i true pollen or impregnating matter, 
which feems to us the mott probable conjetar, though 
col. Velley, in the fifth volume of the Linnean Society's 
TranfaGtions, has ofed it. A great difficulty 
ae eneric chara@ter, but in many 
ecific difcrimmation of thefe plante, arifes from 
ed diferent die the fruit affumes, being fometimes in 
ind mamy-feseded tubercles, fometimes in 
oe a eel difperfed feeds, hikethofe of an U/ This 
takes 
"ot 
certainty. The on the {pecie 
Gmelin’s Hiforia Fucorum, publifhed at Paehacs in 
1768; Efper’s [cones Fucorum, mbe Good- 
Woodward’s Obfervations on the Britifh Fuci, 
So 
elley’s Plan arine. Nume- 
rous {pecies are alfo figured and deferibed in the Englifh 
Botany. Thofe v vhich are natives of the Britith fhores are 
now fuppofed to amount to near 100. e diftributed 
into the following fe&tions. 1. Leaves, or * rather leaflets, 
iftin&. eaves united w ith the ftem. 3. ed, or 
having a rib running along the centre of the leaf or frond. 
4. Frond flat and deftitute of arib, 5. Frond compreffed. 
6. Froad round or cylindrical. 
Thefe plants are cally preferveg by being fer w 
clean from fea water, and the ayed on a wie 
floating in a pan of frefh wa ee during w they ar 
oral difplayed by means of a briftle, or pr Some 
m adhere to the paper when dry, others ftart from it. 
ecies make a very elegant appearance, and are fa- 
vourites with colle€tors of natural produ¢tions, 
UCUS, - oe teftaceous clafs of Vermes, a f{pecies of 
Murex, w 
re in a coosigte clafs of ormet, a name given 
Vou. XV. 
e high, a 
FUE 
by Imperatori to the Gorconra verrtco/a, which fee. iy 
to feveral fpecies of icyonium, Tubularia, and Coralline. 
w oa fee. 
ucuUSs ‘palmatus, handed fucus, the name given to a facies 
of tee fucus, diftinguifhed the reft by its having no 
ftalks, its leaves being divided in the manner of a hand, and 
its extremities divided int sna reusled fegments. It is com- 
mon on almott all the fea coafts of Europe, and is one of the 
fe a Pa of fea fubftances in which Mr. Reaumur has 
difcovered regular flowers and feeds. They are in this {pe- 
cies however {fo fmal 1, as to require the affiftance of a mi- 
crofcope to difcover them; though after they have been 
once feen in that manner, as is the cafe i in many microfcopie 
cedeye. 
an inch diftance from tt e into mber 
branchings, which conftitute the whole of it The ae 
of New Holl roil this tes of fea-wreck and eat it. 
It is alfo eaten both in Scotland and Ireland, fometimes 
frefh, asa fallad; but more frequently it is dried, rolled to- 
gether, a chewed as tobacco. In theifle of Sky it is ufed 
as a medici 
Fucus pobeides See oa Sr aa 
Fucus thermalie, the a remarkable aaa 
found only in the ioeacter teeags It was firft difcov: 
Monf. de Montefquicu, inthe great bafon, at the boiling 
ony ; he was not aan to difcover that it pro. 
duced either flowers or feeds, 8 fubftance is oS om- 
pofed of {mall bladders full* ri aes the furfaces of idan 
are reticular, as worked in the manner of c ae canvas.. 
is obf{erved to grow only in the hotteft waters. 
FUDAL Baza, in Geography, a ai is of Afiatic 
Turkey, in Natelia; ten miles from Co 
» a river of or ag which runs into the 
Shellif ; five miles E. of Sin 
FUD 
lon 
s 
{pring in Gafco 
g th ‘Min — a load > aa ae 
iseight pigs, or fixteen hundred weight. 
FUDIA, in Geography, one of the 
Scotland, w st is {mall and mountainous. 
W. long. 7° 
FUE’. Seo Faour’. 
FUEGO. a ‘Tenna del Fuego. 
t. Philip, one of the cape Verd iflands, 
uRGO, Fo 
ft of thefe n: names is derived 
Weftern. ‘ands of 
t.57" 2. 
N. lat 
0 mountaia, and 
which are vifible at a great diftance in the night ; alfo clouds 
of afhes, which {uffocate cattle, pumice-ftones, w float 
on the fea, and torrents of f ‘The ifland has neither 
rivers nor frefh water; neverthelefs it is feftile in maize, 
‘gourds, eiaane pe wild figs, oranges; and apples. It 
abounds with goats, which run wild upoa the mountains, 
the {kins of which yield a revenue-to ‘the crown. They 
export alfo the fkins of cattle, horfes, affes, and hogs. 
Fuego is about 5. miles in length. N. lat. 14° 57! 18 
oe 24° 22 
O, one ‘of the Philippine iflands, about 36 
mites in circumference; in the centre the land is prety 
and declines towards both ends. N. lat.9° 20’. E. 
long. 123°2 
FUEL, in Phil ilofopt phy, the pabulum of fire, or whatever 
receives and re fire, and is confumed, or rendcred in- 
fenfible hereby. 
A deal of nicety is sequired i in choofing the proper 
fuel to. ers and continue the feveral degrees of Gre 
chemical operations. Dr. B lack aye fuels mato oe 
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