370 CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANTS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



forcibly removed, the frond does not appear to be 

 lacerated, which would support the opinion that 

 they are zoophytic. But in dried specimens we 

 must be careful in our decisions. Some learned 

 botanists on the Continent are of opinion, that 

 the urceolate pods observed on Fucus dentatus are 

 of a zoophytic nature ; but here I certainly differ 

 from them, having traced them from an early pe- 

 riod of growth to maturity, and examined them mi- 

 nutely in the most recent state. 



Vide PI. XVI. 



Fig. 1. Fucus rubens with the small bodies on 

 peduncles, 



2. Portion of the frond magnified with 



ditto. 



3. One of the bodies more highly mag- 



nified. 



4. Section of do. do. 



