182 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



frond stipitate, membranaceous; the branches very 

 narrow below, much divided, expanding upwards 

 into wedge-shaped and laciniate lobes. Grows 

 on Fucus serratus. R. palmata is the Dulse of 

 Northumberland and Scotland, and Dillisk of the 

 Irish. In Scotland and Ireland it is much eaten 

 bj the poor, usually raw, more rarely boiled or 

 filed ; the smaller varieties growing on rocks are 

 preferred, as being less leathery in texture and 

 sweeter in taste. In M. Soyer's " St. Patrick's 

 Soup, " one of the soups invented by him for the 

 starving Irish, it forms the principal ingredient; 

 and it is often used in the Mediterranean for colour- 

 ing and flavouring made dishes. When the dried 

 frond is steeped in water it exhales a violet scent. 

 Very common on rocks, and stems of the Lami- 

 narise. 



SPH^ROCOCCUS. 



Name signifying sphere^shaped fruit. 

 Frond cartilaginous, compressed, two-edged, 

 linear, distichously branched. Fncctification ; 



