2^.6 Of Shrubs. Part II. 
The Root wonderfully fpread upon its ftony Bafe. For 
being extended every way, fome of its Skirts meet under- 
neath, and fo embrace it round about. The Branches of 
a blackilh brown, and fwell and ftink, like Horns, in burn- 
ing. Cover d with a foft Craft, originally Purple, but now 
for the moft part faded into an afhen colour. 
ANOTHER large SEA- FAN, *of a yard high, and ? 
an Eln broad. Incruftated as the former. It hath this pc-, 
ciiliar, fc. out of the fides of it, grow feveral other fmall 
Fans, about a * of a yard long ( more or lefs ) and near as 
broad. 
TWO more large SEA-FANS , above * a yard high, 
and as broad. Incruftated as the former. Of one of thefe 
Fans, and about this bigne&,fee an elegant Figure in Calceo- 
0>Se&i. lariuss-Mufdium. (a) 
THREE Midling SEA-FANS, near ? a yard broad, and 
a foot high. Incruftated as the others. 
THREE fmall SEA-FANS. Two of them are a 5 of a 
yard high, and as broad. The Third, is lefs. Yet hath 
feveral little netted Labels growing on the fide. All three 
incruftated, as before. 
A SEA-FAN with CLOSE Net-work. Whereas the 
former confifted of more open work 5 as by comparing 
even a leffer of thofe herewith, is apparent. Neither hath 
this any Cruft. Tis * an Eln high, and a foot broad. Seve- 
ral of the fmaller Ramification, thin or flat, fc. tranfverjly 
to the breadth ; looking like little Splinters of Whalebone. In 
burning, it fwells, and ftinks, as the others. 
ANOTHER of the fame, but not above a foot high, 
and near half as broad. This alfo is naked or without any 
Cruft, as the former. Moft of thefe Fans grow in the Ame- 
rican-Ocean. 
Mu t f, i* 2, Wormim, fpeaking of Sea-Shrubs (b) hath this pafiage, 
' C —Mirum profeftb, quomodo hujus generis vegetabilia ex ijs 
(faxis puta) nutrimentum trahere valeant. Whereas 'tis plain, 
That they receive no nourifhment from them, but the Sea- 
Water, .and fuch nutritive Bodies wherewith it is impregnated. 
And it is therefore obfervable, That although the Trunk 
and Branches of thefe Shrubs are of a clofe and denfe fub- 
ftance^ yet their Roots are always made foft and fpongy 
( efpecially when recently gather'd) the better to imbibe 
their 
