Plate VII. 
Fig. 25. LAMINARIA DIGITATA. Var. Stenophylla. 
Colour. Dark brown. 
Substance, Tough ; leathery. 
Character of Frond. A flat, leafy expansion ; ribless ; growing from a stem. Stem, slender, 
soft, glossy. Expansion, wedge-shaped below ; above, cut into a few narrow slips 
{segments), longer than the stem. Eoot fibrous. 
Measurement From 3 to 6 feet long. 
Fructification. As before. 
HaUtat. The Orkney Islands. North and west of Ireland. Probably elsewhere, but overlooked. 
Dr. Harvey considers this a remarkable variety of Lam. digitata, if not a separate species. 
He says the Orkney kelp-men distinguish the two by name ; this being called “ Tangle the 
common L. digitata, “ Cury.” French botanists make a species of it. 
Fig. 26. LAMINARIA BULBOSA. 
Colour. Dark ; opaque ; reddish or greenish brown ; glossy ; when dry, black. 
Substance. Tough ; leathery. 
Character of Frond. A flat leafy expansion ; ribless ; growing from a stem. Stem, flat, with 
a thin waved margin ; once twisted at the base ; rising from a roundish, hollow, 
rough bulb ; throwing out numerous, stout, fibrous roots. Expansion, deeply cut 
into many narrow slips {segments). 
Measurement. Stem, a foot or more long. Expansion, from 6 to 12 feet long, and 1 to 2 feet 
wide. 
Fructification. Minute seeds {spores) imbedded here and there in the surface of the frond, 
thickening it, and forming cloudy patches. 
Habitat. Our coasts generally. In deep water, frequent. 
Popularly called “ Sea Furbelows,” from the waved margins. The bulb has been found a 
foot in diameter. 
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