246 Of Shrubs. Part II. 
The Root wonderfully Ipread upon its ftony Bafe. For 
being extended every way, fome of its Skirts meet under¬ 
neath, and fo embrace it round about. The Branches of 
a blackilh brown, and fwell and funk, like Horns, in burn¬ 
ing. Cover’d with a foft Cruft , originally Purple, but now 
for the mold part faded into an afhen colour. 
ANOTHER large SEA-FAN, *of a yard high, and f 
an Eln broad. Incruftatcd as the former. It hath this pe¬ 
culiar, ft. out of the fides of it, grow feveral other fmall 
Fans , about a I of a yard long (more or lefs) and near as 
broad. 
TWO more large SEA-FANS, above ! a yard high, 
and as broad. Incruftatcd as the former. Of one of thefe 
Fans , and about this bignefs,fee an elegant Figure in Calceo- 
(<0 Sea. 1. lariwss Mufteum. (a) 
THREE Midling SEA-FANS, near I a yard broad, and 
a foot high. Incruftatcd as the others. 
THREE fmall SEA-FANS. Two of them are a S of a 
yard high, and as broad. The Third, is lefs. Yet hath 
feveral little netted Labels growing on the fide. All three 
incruftatcd, as before. 
A SEA-FAN with CLOSE Net-work. Whereas the 
former confided of more open work 3 as by comparing 
even a leffer of thofe herewith, is apparent. Neither hath 
this any Cruft. Tis i an Eln high, and a foot broad. Seve¬ 
ral of the fmaller Ramification, thin or flat, ft. tranfverfly 
to the breadth 5 looking like little Splinters of Whalebone. In 
burning, it fwells, and ftinks, as the others. 
ANOTHER of the fame, but not above a foot high, 
and near half as broad. This alfo is naked or without any 
Cruft, as the former. Moll of thefe Fans grow in the Ame- 
rican-Ocean. 
&35*?at C the' Wormius, fpeaking of Sea-Shrubs (b) hath this paffage, 
end. —Minim profed'o, quomodo bujus generis vegetabilia ex ijs 
(faxis puta) nutriment urn trahere vale ant. Whereas’tis plain, 
That they receive no nourilhment from them, but the Sea- 
W <tfer,and fuch nutritive Bodies wherewith it is impregnated. 
And it is therefore obfervable, That although the Trunk 
and Branches of thefe Shrubs are of a clofe and denfe fub- 
ftance; yet their Roots are always made foft and fpongy 
(efpecially when recently gather’d’) the better to imbibe 
their 
