36 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



says : — ^^ The midrib, stripped of tlie membrane, 

 and sometimes the leaflets, are eaten in Ireland, 

 Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands. 

 It is called in Scotland, Badderlocks, or Henware, 

 and in the Orkney Islands, Honeytvare. Dr. 

 Drummond informs me that, in some parts of 

 Ireland, it bears the name of Mm-lins." Grows 

 on precipitous rocks at low-water mark. Perennial. 

 Winter and Spring. Abundant on the shores of 

 Scotland, at the Orkneys, the north of Ireland, and 

 on the coasts of Northumberland, Durham, Cum- 

 berland. Isle of Man. Anglesea. Dorset. North 

 coast of Devon. The Land's End, and north coast 

 of Coi-nwall. 



LAMINARIA. 



Name from lamina, a thin plate, in allusion to the flat 

 fronds of the species. 



Frond stalked, coriaceous or membranaceous, 

 flat, undivided, or irregularly cleft, ribless. JPructi- 

 Jication cloudy, spots of spores imbedded in some 

 part of the thickened surface of the frond. 



