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\ common species on all parts of our shores, and dis- 

 persed throughout the Atlantic basin. Notwithstanding 

 its well-marked characters, it lias been confounded ;it one 

 lime with "Fucus canaliculatus; an error hardly to be an- 

 ticipated when the substance and c<>l<>ur arc so exceed- 

 ingly unlike; ami afterwards with Chondrus crispus, t«> 

 which there is a closer resemblance, though the channelled 

 frond, rough with papilla?, clearly distinguish the pr 

 plant to die naked eve ; w liile a difference in si ructure lias 

 latterly caused them to lie placed iii distinct genera. 



LXIi. CHONDRUS. 



197. crispus (The curled Chondrus) ; frond Btipitate, thickish, 

 cartilaginous, Mat or cm-led, segments wedge-shaped, very 

 variable in breadth; apices truncate, subemarginate or 

 cloven; axils obtuse; Bori elliptical or oblong, concave on 

 one Bide, Lyngb, Hyd. Dan. j>. 15. /. 5. A, J5. (Atlas, 

 PL XLIV. Pig. 202.) 



Chondrus polymorphus, Lamx. C. incurvatus, Kir.. C. Celticus, 

 Ktz. Sphserococcus crispus, Ag* Fucua crispus, Linn. F. 

 ceranoides, Ghn. F. membranifolius, With. F. polymor- 

 phus, Lamx. V. Btellatus, Stack. F. Lacerus, Stack. F. 

 crispatus, FL Dan. F. filiformis, Huds. P. patens, Good. 

 (i,i,i Woodw. 



Hal. On rock\ sea Bhores, extending from three-quarters tide 

 level to Low-water mark, and beyond it. Perennial. 9 

 and summer. Very abundant. 



ariable is the present species in appearance, under 

 different circumstances, that it is quite impossible to enu- 

 merate the many forms it puts on; and were w e to m- 

 templ to figure even the principal varieties, the figures 

 WOUld till many plates. Turner has ten varieties, and La- 

 moUTOUX figures thirty-five. In estuaries where fresh- 

 water streams mi\ with the sea. and bring down much 

 mud and sand, the Chondrus attains a great size, and is 

 frequently very much lobed and fringed. This plant Is 



the C Or I fish m08S, of i he simps, and ifi 



in place oi isinglass in the preparation <^t' blanc-manges 

 ami jellies, the frond boiling down to a (dear, tasteless 

 gelatine. 



198. Norvegicus (The Norwegian Chondrus)] frond linear, 



dichotomOUS, Ilat ; the a\iU patent ; the apices rounded ; 

 favellidifi minute, imbedded in tin- Bubstanoe, or prominent, 



