FL cell. apk. 2. THALASSIOPHYTiE. 62. Gigart. 377 
15. Gigarlina subfusca. Brownish plum-weed. 
Thallus threadlike ; branches irregular, many, alternate, 
awlshape, spreading ; twigs pencilshape, in bundles ; tu- 
bercles unevenly pinnate, on the tip of the twigs. 
Fucus subfuscus, Woodward Lin. Tr. 1, 131 ; Turn. Hist. 10; Engl. Bet. 
1164. 
Fucus setaceus, Wulff. Cryptog. 40. 
Fucus variabilis, Gooden in Lin. Trans , 3,222. 
Gigarlina subfusca, Lamour. T/ialas. 48. 
SpliEerococcus subfuscus, Agardh Syn. 32. 
Sea- shore; perennial; spring. 
Thallus very variable in form : twigs often appearing as 
if jointed. 
16. Gigarlina purpura seems. Purplish plum-weed. 
Thallus threadlike, soft, cartilaginous, much and irregu- 
larly branched; twigs bristlelike, scattered; tubercles sphe- 
rical, solitary, immersed in the twigs. 
Fucus teres albus tenuissime divisis, Rail Syn. 50, 51. 
Fucus purpurascens, Huds. FL Angl. 588; Engl. Bot. 1243; Turn. 
Hist. 9. 
Fucus tuberculatus. Light/. Scot. 926. 
Fucus coraliinus, FL Dan. 709. 
Fucus capillaceus, Esper , 35. 
Fucus acicularis, Esper, 9!. 
Gigarlina purpurea, Lamour. Thai. 48. 
Sphaerocoecus purpurascens, Agardh Syn. 31. 
Sea-coast; perennial; summer and autumn. 
Thallus 1 foot long, light red, fleshy. 
0. cirrhosa. Tips of the twigs twisted spirally. 
17. Gigarlina capillaris. Flair plum-weed . 
Thallus rather gelatinous, threadlike, much and irregu- 
larly branched; twigs awlshape, pointed; tubercles solitary, 
imbedded in the twigs* 
Fucus capillaris, Huds. Fl.Angl. 591 ; Turn. Hist. 31 ; Engl. Bot. 2191. 
Sphaerocoecus capillaris, Agardh Disp. 18. 
Gigarlina capillaris, Lamour. ThaLAb. 
Sea-shore; perennial; April, October. 
Thallus 6 to 8 inches long, pale pink or crimson. 
IS. Gigarlina furfuracea. Branny plum-weed. 
Thallus gelatinous, fleshy, reddish, round ; repeatedly 
forked ; twigs rather flattened, lanceolate, cloven ; tubercles. 
scattered, imbedded in the twigs. 
Ulva furfuracea, Turn, in Schrad. Journ. 2, SOI ; Engl. Bot. 1891. 
Chondria furfuracea, Agardh Disp. 18. 
