CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGM. Fucus. 
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(F. vir/idis. Cartilaginous, filiform, cylindrical, repeatedly pinnated; 
branches and rarauli all opposite and capillary. 
Turn. Hist. 97—FI. Dan. 88 6—E.Bot. 1669—Stackh.p. 112. t. 17. 
Two to three feet long, near the root of the thickness of a sparrow’s quill, 
thence gradually diminishing. Colour in the fresh plant a rich orange 
tinged with brown, which is so fugitive that by a few minutes exposure 
to the air it becomes a light verdigris green. It is never glossy, semi¬ 
transparent. Substance cartilaginous, rather stiff, and without the least 
sliminess. Whole appearance beautifully feathery and capillary. It 
speedily becomes flaccid and whitish. 
Pinnated Green Fucus. Cliordaria viridis. Agard. Hook. E.) 
F. tenuis'simus. Thread-shaped, pale, pellucid, much branched: 
branches hair-like, fructifications lateral sessile globules. 
{Turn. Hist. 100— Linn. Tr. iii. 19— E. Bot. 1882. E.) 
About four inches high ; very slender and hair-like. Branches two or three 
rising together from the same point. Fructifications one, two, or three 
together, frequently two, and on opposite sides of the branch. (Plant 
flesh-coloured. Branches and leaves tapering at each end. E. Bot. 
Slender Tapering Fucus. Ulva capillaris. Huds. E.) On the southern 
coasts; near Christ-church, Hants. At Weymouth. Near Margate. 
A. July— Sept. 
F. asparagoi'des. Stem thread-shaped, much branched: leaves like 
bristles: fructifications globular, alternate, on fruit-stalks oppo¬ 
site the leaves. 
{Turn. Hist. 101— E. Bot. 571. E.)— Linn. Tr. ii. t. 6. atp. 29. 
About six inches high, bright red, extremely tender. Leaves red, or green¬ 
ish, scarcely thicker than a hair. Globules of fructifications the size of 
poppy seed, on short fruit-stalks equal in length to the capsule, and the 
whole one-third the length of the leaves. Woodward in Linn. Tr. ii. 29. 
(Asparagus-like Fucus. E.) Found by Mr. Wigg on the beach at North 
Yarmouth. (On rocks and stones at Cromer. Mr. Woodward. Bantrv 
Bay. Miss Hutchins. Turn. Hist. Near Sunderland. Mr. W. Weigh ell. 
Winch. Guide. E.) A. June—Sept. 
F. cor/neus. Gristly, thread-shaped, compressed, much branched: 
branches alternate, from two opposite lines ; winged : segments 
opposite, bristle-shaped: fructifications roundish on fruit-stalks. 
{Turn. Hist. 257—E. Bot. 1970. E.)— Gunn. ii. 2. 8. 
From three to seven inches in height; dark red, sometimes green, semi¬ 
transparent. Segments horizontal, very short, rather strap than bristle¬ 
shaped. 
Var. 2. Plant smaller, branches less regular and broader in proportion 
to their length. 
Horny Pinnate Fucus. Splicerococcus corneus. Turn. Hook. Under 
this species Dr. Goodenough includes F. filicinus and F. pinnatus of 
Hudson. E.) 
Gmel. 15. 3. 
Grows in matted clusters. Mr. Stackhouse. 
F. sericeus. Gmelin, p. 149. F. nereideus. Lightf. Both sorts found qn 
our Southern and Western coasts. May—Oct, 
