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Plants. XC. Vol. IV. No. 90., DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUCUS., Fig. 1. The Thread-Fucus. (Fucus Filum.), -*~ he name o£ the thread Fucus or Jea-Iacrs is clerived from tlio figure and form of its branches, which grow twifted into one another and feem to proceed from one stalsc. * These branches form the leaves of the plant. They are of a homy fubflctnce, and, without being transparent, of a very fragile nature. This Fucus attains a height of 7 feet and is generally found in the wa. ters of China., Fig. 2. The Sea-girdle. (Fucus digitatus.), We fee hère quite the contrary of the former fpccies which fecmed to be formed of a tender twift of threads. The fea-girdle consists of large tliîcsc leaves and strong stalks, being of a cartilaghiöus kind in ail its parts. It belotigs to the largest forts of Fucus; for the roundish Italie, upon the end of which the leaves do grow, is from 6 to 7 feet high, and lias commonly an inch in rliameter. It is hollow, of a dirty green colour, and proceeding from a knobby root, which never lays under ground, but by the means of its fibres sticks clofe to other objects, At first a single leaf in the form of a finger fprouts from the stalk, which, multiplying very faft, soon encreafes to a befom-like bufh. This Fucus is frequently found in Holland, England, Norway and Iceland, where it either grows on the coasts or is found thrown afhore by the fea. The leaves when dried are reckoned to be a good nourriture for fheep and goats. 1*
