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pointing- two ways, sometimes alternate, or without any regular order. 
Small scattered globules on the sides of the branches. Gmelin. Tender, 
transparent, rose or olive coloured, or both. From six to twenty-four 
inches long. Branches of the same thickness throughout, purifica¬ 
tions scarlet semi-globules sessile on the sides of the branches without- 
any regular order. The branches are often much entangled by the action 
of the waves, but it may be easily distinguished from F. plicaius , even in 
this state, for that plant is very horny and stiff, and appears to be 
matted not by the waves, but by its peculiar mode of growth. Stack- 
house. Ner. Brit. p. 27. Fructifications sometimes in clusters, rather 
conical than semi-globular, with an aperture at the apex, out of which 
may be pressed a thick pulpy fluid, replete with extremely minute 
seeds. 
(Whip-cord Fucus. E.) F.flageUiformis. Lightf. 928. (E. Bot. Turn. E.) 
F'. verrucosus. Huds. Stackh. and With. Ed. 2. Rocks and stones in the 
sea. Sussex, Hampshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall. At MenabilJy and 
Fowey. Mr. Stackhouse. F. June—Oct. 
F. capilla'uis. Thread-shaped, very much branched: branches either 
opposite or alternate : little branches awl-shaped, short; (jointed: 
seeds imbedded in the little branches. 
Turn. Hist. 31— E. Bot. 2191. 
Colour a beautiful, transparent pink, in a dried state darker and more ap¬ 
proaching to scarlet; turning in decay to a dirty white. Substance very 
tender, slippery, and almost gelatinous ; in decay the ramuli break into 
very small oblong granules. Turn. Hist. 
Red Capillary Fucus. Angles, ea. Rev. H. Davies. E. Bot. On marine 
rocks, near Scarborough, but very rare. Mr. Travis. E.) Stones in the 
sea near Sheerriess, Isle of Sheppey, Devonshire, and Cornwall. 
P. April—Oct. 
F. incur/vus. Thread-shaped, very much branched ; branches crowd¬ 
ed with shoots; the ends rolled in: ultimate branches awl- 
shaped. 
{Turn. Hist. 11— E. Bot. 1042. E.)— Gmel. 11. 1. 
Root spongy, irregular. Branches crowded with shoots, but not tiled. 
Colour blackish purple. Mr. Stackhouse. Stem a foot high, or more, 
branched. Branches set on every side with crooked sharp bristles, all 
pointing upwards, of different sizes, sometimes half an inch long. Fruc¬ 
tifications consist of globules sessile, or on foot-stalks, on the sides or in 
the forks of the branches. Gmel. Fuc. 127. Our specimens not more 
than four or six inches high; rigid, opake, black, but when viewed 
against a strong light the younger branches appear of a brownish red. 
(Curved or Pine Fucus. F. pinastroides. Gmel. Turn. Hist. E. Bot. 
Linn. Tr. v. 3. 222. E.) Rocks and stones in the sea. Sussex. Thrown 
in thick lumps on the shore at Weymouth after a storm, and also on 
the coasts of Cornwall. Mr. Stackhouse. P. Jan—Dec. 
F. subf.us'cus. Very much branched ; branches and their subdivisions 
thread-shaped, scattered: leaves awl-shaped, nearly alternate: 
fructifications in bunches : capsules with eight seeds. Mr. Wood¬ 
ward. 
{Turn. Hist, 10— E, Bot. 11$L E .)—Linn, Tr. 1. 12, atp, 134, 
