2. Quercus Marina minor. The Letfer Sea-Oak, .or 
Sea-Wrack. 7 . Quercus Manna Tertia, The Third 
Kind of Sea-Oak, or Sea-Wrack. 4. Quercus Ma- 
rina quart a , Jagged Sea- Wrack. 5. Fucus , five 
Alga intubacea , Sea Curled Endive. 6. Fucus f pen- 
giofus nodofus , Sea Raggedftaff. Thefe two lalt ge- 
nerick Species fee in their proper places under the 
Titles OiJler green , and Sea-Wrack . « 
III. The Kinds of the Juft of the three aforegoing 
Heads. Alga Marina , f/zc//x Marin us, or 
called alfo Sea-Girdles , Sea-Laces , and Sea-Thongs , 
is fevenfold, ws. 1 . A/ip* Marina , (properly fo cal- 
led) f/zx/zx Marinus , Marina Grammea Lugdu- 
nenfis , E/zrzzx Marinus alter Dodonxi, Alga Angufli- 
folia Vitrariorum Bauhini , the broader fort of which 
is called Imperatus , f/rcitf Giganteus, and Palmifo- 
lium Giganteum , Kelp, peculiarly fo called, Sea- 
Girdles, Sea-Laces, Sea-Thongs. 2. facz/x AL/n- 
/wx mz/jz/x Latfo/ius, Thick Broad Leaved Alga, 
Kelp, or Sea-Girdles. 2. fzzc/zx Marinus Latijfuno 
Tenuifolio, Broad and Thin Leaved Alga, Kelp, or 
Sea-Thongs. 4. fz/zvzx AUtas, five Pkofganoides, 
Winged Alga, Kelp, or Sea-Girdles. ?. Alga, feu 
Tucks maximus Polyfchidcs , Great Alga, or Kelp, 
or Sea-Girdles with many Labels, or Sea-Girdles 
with Hangers. 6 . Tucus Marinus fecundus Dodo- 
nxi, Tucus longo, angufto, & craljo Folio , Long, Nar- 
row, and Thick Alga, Kelp, or Sea-Girdles. 7. Tu- 
cus Membranaceus Ceranoides, Alga Marina Mem- 
branacea. Kelp, or Seaweed with skinny Horns. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The fir ft , or Kelp pecu- 
liarly fo called, Sea-Girdles, Sea-Laces, or Sea- 
Thongs. It hn 3 roundijh Roots , which are hairy and 
blackifh on the oittjidc , f rom whence rife up lmall, 
round, long, white, hairy Heads, breaking out at the 
fides as it were into Branches, on the tops whereof 
Itand or grow three or four very long and narrow 
foft green Leaves, fome being an Ell or more long, 
and about an Inch broad-, this has neither Seed nor 
Stalk, but lies on the Ground, until the Tide raife 
it to float on the Water, which being broken by the 
force of the Waves is carried to the Shoar, where it 
is gathered and kept for many ufes. 
V. The fecond, or Thick Broad Leaved Alga, Kelp, 
or Sea- Girdles. This differs front the former, in that 
the Root is wholly fibrous, the Stalk riftng from thence 
thick and round, tiro, or three Inches high, and the 
Leaf!, which is fometimes but one, and feldom two, 
of a very great length, even divers Feet, or rather 
Yards or Ells long, and above four Inches broad, 
equal from a little above the fetting on to the end, 
but fomewhat waved and crumpled on the edges, 
being thick, and of a deep green color, fo foft and 
moilt while it is frefh, that it is like unto moift 
Glew or Geliy, and will hardly dry, unlefs it lies 
long in the Sun, and will not be fit to be kept with- 
out rotting until after it has been many days dried. 
VI. The third, or Broad and Thin Leaved Alga, 
Kelp, or Sea-Thongs. This is in all refpetts like 
unto the loft, but that the Leaves are thinner , broad- 
er, and Jhorter, yet crumpled on the edges, and of a 
paler green color, and like unto thin Parchment. 
VII. The fourth, or Winged Alga, Kelp, or Sea- 
Girdle. This grows fafi upon Stones, and Shells oj 
Tifhes, both in the deeper and Shallower places of the 
Sea, having a round, dark, reddifh Stalk, of the big- 
nefs of a Goofe Quill, which being grown to the full 
length is very weak, lying on the Ground, unlefs the 
Water raife it, and about four Feet long, on each 
fide of which grows a Wing all the whole length of 
it, like unto a Skin or Parchment, with Veins there- 
in, which being like the Feathers of an Arrow, is 
lmall below and broader above, equally to the top, 
of two or three Inches breadth * the Leaves which 
grow next the Ground are many, (and fome grow 
alfo on the Stalk) of a yellower greenifh color, and 
of an Hand breadth, being four, fix, or eight Inches 
long, tough and pliable, or of a skinny fubftance, 
like unto the other Girdles the Stalk does very well, 
refemble a two edged Sword : this Kind of Alga or 
Kelp is ufed to be drelfed and eaten by the Inhabi- 
tants of the Sea Coalfs where it grows, after it is 
cleared from the skinny Wings, and has a little 
fweet tafte with its faltnefs, which makes it the 
more acceptable to the Palate. 
VIII. The fifth , or Great Alga, or Kelp, or Sea- 
Girdles with Labels or Hangers on. The manner of 
growing of this with its ufe is like the laft, but this 
is the greateft of all thefe Seaweeds, having a Stalk 
as thick as that of Angelica, of a brown Cheltnut 
Color on the outfi.de, and fo are the round Leaves 
likewife, which are fometimes four, five, or fix Feet 
long, not being fo thick as ones little Finger, and. 
ending in feveral broad and Short skinny Labels, in 
like manner as the lower part of the Sword Hangers, 
which are of a yellowifh color. 
IX. Thefe fourth and fifth Kinds Johnfon upon 
Gerard has thus deferibed. This Seaweed has a va- 
rious Face, for fometimes from a fibrous Root, which 
commonly grows to a Pibble Stone, or is faftned to 
a Rock, it lends forth a round Stalk, feldom fo thick 
as ones little Finger, and about half a Foot in length, 
at the top of which grows out a fingle Leaf, fome- 
times an Ell long, and then it is about the breadth 
of ones Hand, ending in a fharp point, fo that it 
very well refemblesa two edged Sword- fometimes 
from the fame Root come forth two fuch fafhioned 
Leaves, but then commonly they are lefler ^ fome- 
times at the top of the Stalk it divides it felf into 
eight, nine, ten, or twelve parts, more or lefs, and 
that juft at the top of the Stalk, which leffer divifi- 
ons never come to that length which the fingle 
Leaves do ; this I judge to be the Tucus Polyfchidcs 
Bauhini : now that thefe two Varieties are not feve- 
ral Kinds I am certain-, at Margate in Kent, where 
they grow, they call them Sea-Girdles, which Name 
well befits the fingle one, and the divided they call 
Sea-Hangers , for if you hang the tops downwards 
they do reafonably well refemble the old fafhioned 
Sword Hangers -, thus much for their Shape : now 
for their Color, which is not the fame in all, fome 
are more green, and thefe can fcarcely be dried, 0-- 
thers are whitifh, and they do quickly dry, and then 
both in Color and Subftance are fo like Parchment, 
that fuch as know them not would at the firft view 
take them to be nothing elfe^ this is of a glutinous 
fubftance, and of a little faltifh tafte, and are faid 
to be good Meat being boiled tender, and fo eaten 
with Butter, Vinegar, and Pepper. 
X. The fixth, or Long, Narrow, and Thick Al- 
ga, Kelp, or Sea-Girdles. The Root hereof is round 
and flat, from whence fpring two or three narrow 
thick Leaves, about a Foot and half long, divided in- 
ti) feveral flat thick Thongs, like Leather, fome long, 
and fome fhorter, and they again divided into fmal- 
ler ones, with no fwoln Knots or Bladders thereon * 
but there is another fort of this, which has fhorter 
and narrower Leaves, the Stalks ending all in fwoln 
points. Johnfon upon Gerard has a better Defcrip- 
tion hereof, viz. This grows to the length of five 
or fix Feet, is fmooth and membranous, being about 
half a Fingers breadth, and varioufly divided, like 
to wet Parchment, or Leather cut into Thongs, with- 
out any fwoln Knots or Bladders -, but the other 
fort has long and fiat Stalks, like the other, but 
the Stalks are thick, and fet with fwoln Knots or 
Bladders, out of which grow fometimes little Leaves, 
but in other refpefts it is not unlike the former ; 
thefe 
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Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. I. 
