Of the genus Sari/tmam^ there are muueruu.s 

 speoi^dlstiibuiied aver die glabe ; but the S, ml- 



descnbed as having their luiMtat in the particular 

 range I have before mentioned ; hnt I linvc not 

 been able to find more than one species, some 

 sprigs of which e^Lhibit anomalies, but not specific 

 | ht ^SJ^im0i %fp&eently iW^nig In 

 himng tfe Im'Vm br^mder, and nil ^ serrated 



at the edixes, vet mnnv of these were "Towino* 

 from plants wliieli liad not sueh dis^tinctions, 

 Aceording to GreviUe, this genus, the most ex- 

 tensive the FucoDDEiE, contprfafa^ iaibove 

 seventy spedes, is nearly coninM to tlie two 

 tropies, and examples rarely ocenr beyond the 

 fprtj-seQOJgid decree in either hemisphere :— - 



*' Flung from the rock on ocean's foam to sail. 



Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempests breath prevail 



will only now be partly applicable to this weed, 

 as it is tolerably well iiseertained to vegetate 

 floating on the water, each sprig becoming, as de- 

 tached by the-viofeiice <jf t&eTWKircs, the contact of 

 shipa* or other causes, a perfect and large pl&nit 



Th^ genedenatne is cl«nveS Seim ^tai^^ Sar^^o^ 

 die Spaniel name for tlie tnasscs of sea^^weod fotilid dotting 

 on the aui!^cc of the occaii. 

 ^ Grcvijle s Algju BrUannicfCi l^vu. 1630. IiitroiL p. xii. 



