SWEET FUC0S. DULSE. 
sword-shaped sea-weed, which is olive- coloured, and sometime 
several yards in length. Its stem is Jour* cornered, runsthrough 
the whole length of the leaf, and is winged at the base. 
This plant, which is very common on some of the 
shores of Scotland, and also on those of Cornwall, and 
several parts of North Wales, is a grateful food to 
cattle; and its stalk, when boiled, constitutes a very 
favourite 'dish in Scotland. The proper season for- 
gathering it is the month of September, when it is in 
higher perfection than at any other time of the year. 
290. SWEET FUCUS (Fucus saccbarinus) is a simpk, 
undivided, and sword-shaped sea-weed, without any rib, of lea" 
thery consistence, and tawny green colour ; and frequently five 
&r six feet in length. Its stalk is round and hard. 
This plant abounds on all our sea-shores : and, if 
slightly washed from the sea- water,, and dried in the air, 
it becomes covered with a sweet powdery efflorescence. 
It is edible either in a raw state, or boiled as a pot- 
herb. Sometimes it is hung up to serve the purpose 
of an hygrometer, which it does in some degree by be- 
coming flaccid during a moist state of the atmosphere, 
and hard in dry weather. 
291. DULSE, or RED PALMATE FUCUS (Fucus 
palmatus), is. a flat, membranous, and hand-shaped, sea-weed, 
of brozcnish crimson colour, smooth on both sides, and without 
any mid-rib. 
In the markets of Edinburgh, and other parts of 
Scotland, this plant, which is common on most of the 
British shores, is exposed for sale as an article of food. 
After having been washed in fresh water, it is eaten 
raw, by itself, in salad, or by poor people with other 
provisions. Sometimes it is boiled and used as a pot- 
herb. If gradually dried, it gives out a whitish pow- 
dery substance, which covers the whole plant, and has 
a sweet and agreeable taste, somewhat resembling that 
of violets. In this state it is frequently packed in 
casks for exportation. Some persons chew it as to- 
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