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much bigger than a filver Spangle. The inward part of the 
Leaves is fibrous, and by fmall woody Threds are tacked 
together. But, as in Coralline, covered all over with a white 
Cruft 3 which, in like manner, makes a ftrong Effervefcence 
with Acid liquors. 
The BEARDED SEA-WRACK. Fucus capiUam tintlo- 
(a) Ub.2j. rius,f Roc cell a. Figur'd in Imperatm 3 {a) And out of him, 
(b) Lib. 3?. i n Bauh'ums. (b) But without a Defcription. Neither will 
it admit an exacl: one, now dry. 'Tis three inches and ^ 
high, and five or fix about. The Root, in compafs, two 
inches, one in height, divided into a great number of fmall 
capillary Branches or Sprigs, thick fet, as in a Broom or 
Beard, very brittle, and of a faded Purple. It grows in the 
Eafi-lndies* Of excellent ufe, efpecially heretofore, for the 
making of Tin&ures both for Painting and Deying* 
A fort of the common SEA- Wrack, called Alga Vitra- 
riorum. 
The BLADDER'D SEA- WRACK. Alga Ve fie aria f. 
conifer a, as it may be called 3 having on the tops of its 
Branches feveral Conick Bags, an inch, or an inch and ? 
long, warted round about, and originally fill'd with a light 
and fuzzy fubftance. 
The WARTED SEA- WRACK. Fucus verrucofus Impe- 
de) Lib. 27. rat ^ Q n w hi cn g row a great many veficular and foft 
Knobs all along the Branches, as well as on the top. 
The BROADEST SEA-WRACK. Alga latiffimaMem- 
branacea. The Root hereof, ftringy. The Stalk, round, as 
thick as a Goofe-Quill, and about five inches high. From 
thence 'tis fpread, by degrees, into a thin Skin too inches 
and i broad. 
ANOTHER of the fame Species, but not fo broad. 
The POUNCED SEA- WRACK. Alga marina jfrOntfa 
Bauhino. Poro Cervino, Imperato. 'Tis wholly diftributed 
into flat Branches, a 5 of an inch broad, almoft after the 
manner of a Stags Horns. Of a runet colour, and as it 
were all over pounced, fomewhat after the manner of a 
Rue-Leaf, or that of St. Johns Wort, when held up againft 
the light. 
pkn The SPIRAL SEA-WRACK. It winds about, very 
tis Rariorib. curioufly, with a great many Circumvolutions, almoft like 
p. 70. Tab. a very deep Skew. Defcribed, figurd, and given by Sig r . 
3 ' 8 ' Boccone. (d) The 
