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^Manter fca øf. (Sroty. 
Fucus fuperbus fronåe comprejja, lanceotata, pin- 
nata , phmofa , ramis di-vel trichotomis, 
fruBificationibus alternis in cofta, caule & 
radice repente. W e ft Mfcpt. 
Radices unguiculares, fparfæ, apice divifæ, 
ramis limplicibus. 
Surculi longe repentes, teretes, ficcitate colla- 
bentes, glabri, fubfimplices, firaminei. Sti- 
pites frequentes, ereéli, fparfi, fade Se 
fhu&ura furculorum, raro indivifi, plerum- 
que bifidi, fupra divifuram parte longiorc 
vel breviore nudi, ftruétura eademaebafi, 
fingulo ramo terminato fronde unica. 
Frondes digitales, palmares vel pedales, ere£tæ, 
virides, membranacese, compreffæ, linear! 
lanceolatæ, pinnatæ: breviores fimpli ciffimæ, 
Iongiores bifidæ: ramulo altero apice trifido 
altero indivifo, longiffimæ dichotome ramo- 
fæ: ramis approximatis vel remotiilxmis, in- 
æqualibus, rami omnes apice e pinnis con* 
fertis ineurvis imbricati, obtufiffimi. Pinnes 
copiofiffimæ bifariæ, oppofitæ, lineari-fal- 
catæ, acutæ, integerrimæ, pellucidæ, com- 
prelfæ, determinate approximatæ, infimæ Se 
extimæ minores, intermediæ unguiculares. 
Fru£tificationem nullam inveni. Veficulæ, quas 
fruélificationes effe credidit C“leb. inventor, 
eerto certius ovula cujusdam apimalis teflacei 
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