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descriptions in botanical literature, has a wedge-shaped base, which, 
however, varies (cfr. e. g. De la Pylaie’s figures in Annales d. sciences 
Fig. 87. Laminaria fceroensis nov. sp. forma sacchariniformis nov. form. From the mouth of Kalbakfjord. 
(F. B. fot.). (Scale: 10 cm.). 
nat., tome 4, 1828, pi. 9, fig. 8); further, the lamina is comparatively 
narrow. 
The form of the sori also usually appears to differ in the two 
species. In L. fceroensis the sporangia-bearing part consisted chiefly 
