Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
round and long white hairy heTds, breaking out at the tides as it were into branches, on thetoppes whereof 
(land three or foure very long and narrow toft greene leaves, tqfne being an ell or more long, and about »n inch 
broad this hath neither feede nor [hike,but lycth on the ground until the t.de raife it on the Water,whtch betng 
broken by he force of the waves, iscarryed tothe there, where it is kept for many things. 
y F*cmm*ri»*/cr 4 »sl»tifc(i»!. Broad and chtckc Sea Sirdle. 
This differeth from the former in that the roote is wholly fibrous,the (la ke riling from thence,thicke and round 
two or three inches high, and the leafe which is fometimes but one,and feldome two,of a very great length, even 
dfi er° feete or els long.and above foure inches broad,equall from a little above the fetting on to the end.but ome- 
vvhat waved or crumpled on the edges, being thicke and of a deepe greene colour, fofoft and moill while ,t is 
f re (],,that it is like unto moitl glue or gelly,and will hardly .dry unleffc it lie long in the Sunne, and will not be fit 
to bc’kept without rotting untill after many dayes drying. , 
2. FitattmtirviHj Uttfiimo tentnfolio. Broad and thin Sea girdle. 
This is in all things like the lad, but that the leaves arc thinner broader and fhoiter.yct crumpled on the edges, 
and of a paler greene colour,and is like unto thin parchment, . 
a , Fucw alat&i five fhofgAttoidcs, W mged Sea girdle. 
This deaveth unto (tones, and thels of tithes likewife both in the deeper and lhallowcr places of the Sea, ha- 
vim* around darkereddith ftalke of thebigneffeof a Goofequill, which being growne to the full length is very 
weake,lying on the ground. unlctTc the water raife it.and an ell long: on each tide whereof groweth a wing, all 
the whole length of it, like unto a skinne or parchment with veines therein, which being like the feather of 
an arrow, is (mail below and broader above equally to the toppc.o two or three inches breadth: the leases that 
grow next the ground are many f and fome arefet alfo on thetlalke) of a yellower greemflt colour, andofan 
hand breadth,being foure, fix, or eight inches long, lither or of a skinny fubftance like unto the edict girdles : ,he 
ftalke doth very well rcfemblc a two edged fword: and is ufed to be dreffed and eaten by the inhabitants of the 
Sea coafts where it groweth after it is cleared from the skinny wings,and hath a little fv\ cete talle with the falc- 
nefl’c which maketh it the more acceptable. ' _ T *.-*'■ 
r . Fucm polyfchide r. Great Sea girdle with many Labels. 
The manner of growing hereof, and the ule likewife is alike with the laft, but is the greatefl of all thefe forts 
of Sea weedes,having a ftalke as thicke as that of Angelica, of a brownc colour like a Chefnut on the outfide, and 
fo are the round leaves likewife,which are three or foure cubits long,being not fo thicke as ones little finger, and 
ending in divers broad and ftiort skinny Labels, in like manner as the lower part of the lwords hangers, which 
are of a yellowifn colour. Both thefe laft forts were fent unto Bauhinw from Abcrdem in Scotland, by Dc ctor 
Cariillu *,and as it feemeth this and the lecond are fomewhat differing from Mr* Iohvfins figure and defeription, 
which containech both of them in one,yet I have thought good to give you his figure, for want of them feveiall 5 
although his groweth from a roote, and this from fhe Is, &c. , 
6 . Fucm marirtw fccnndiu ‘DodonFi. Narrow long and thicke Sea girdles. 
The roote hereof is round and fiatjfrom whence fpring two or three narrow thicke leaves, about a focteand a 
halfc longjdividcd into fundry flat thicke thongs like leather, fome long and dome (horter,and they againc diyi- 
i. Fucus mvrtnus five Al*a marina graminu. 
Wrake cr Sea vteede or Grafle. 
Fucus maximui folyfchdes. 
Great Sea girdles with many Label*.’ 
