P l a t e XLV.
LAMINARIA FASCIA, ^g-
Gen. Chak. Frond stipitate, coriaceous or membranaceous, flat, undivided
or irregularly cleft, ribless. Fructification ; cloudy spots of spores,
imbedded in the thickened substance of some part of tbe frond.
L a m in a e ia {Lamour.)—from lamina, a thin plate, in allusion to the
flat frond.
LAMiNARiA/asflw, Ag.; stem very short, setaceous, gradually expanding
into a membranaceous, broadly-oblong, wedge-shaped, lanceolate, or
linear frond.
L a m in a k ia fascia. Ag. Syn. p . x ix . Ag. Sp. Alg. vol. i. p . 1 2 3 . p ^ 2 7 3 .
Wyatt. Alg. Banm. no. 131. Harv. Man. -g. 23. E. Bot. Suppl. i.2 3 4 3 .
Hook.fil. M. Ant. ined. Endl. 3rd Suppl. p . 21.
L a m i n a r i a d eb ilis , Ag. Spec. v ol. i. p . 1 2 0 . Syst. p . 2 7 3 . Grev. Crypt t . 2 7 7 .
Grev. Alg. Brit. p . 3 5 . t . v . Hook. Br. El. vol. ii. p . 2 7 2 . Harv. Man. p . 2 5 .
Endl. 3rd Suppl. p . 2 7 .
L a m in a k ia cu n e a ta ,
L a m in a k ia p a p y rin a , Bory. in Diet. Class d ’Hist. Nat. v o lix . p . 1 8 9 .
F u cu s fascia, M. Ban. t . 7 6 8 . Turn. Syn. vol. i. p. 1 8 6 . Roth. Cat. Bot.
vol.ii. p. 1 6 1 .
Hab. On sand-covered submarine rooks and stones in the sea, near low-
water mark. Annual. Summer. North of Ireland, Mr. H. Brown,
{Turner). Carrickfergus, Mr. Templeton. Western Islands of Scotland,
Mr. Chalmers. Larne, B r. Brummond. Antrim coast, Mr. B . Moore.
Sidmouth and Torquay, Mrs. Criffiths. Mounts Bay and Salcombe,
Mr. Balfs. M.a\eh\Ao,Mr.Mc’CaUa. Balicoaii, Bev. B . Landsborough.
G e o g k . D is t k . Atlantic shores of Europe from Norway to Spain. Mediterranean
Sea, 0. Agardh. Falkland Islands, Byall.
D e s c k . JRoot a sm a ll d is c . Stem as th ic k as h o g ’s b ris tle , o n e to fo u r lin e s in
le n g th c y lin d ric a l a t th e b a s e , com p re s sed in it s u p p e r h a lf, a n d g ra d u a lly
w id en in g in to th e c u n e a te b a s e o f th e fro n d . Erond v e rj v a ria b le m fo rm ,
tw o to tw e lv e in c h e s lo n g , a n d from a q u a r te r o f an in c h to a n in c h a n d a h a lf,
o r tw o in c h e s , in b r e a d th , som e tim e s a b ru p tly cu n e a te a t b a s e , som e tim e s
m u c h a t te n u a te d , e ith e r lan c eo la te , o b lo n g o r lin e a r, o r o b lo n g -o v a te ; m
some ca ses rem a rk a b ly o b tu s e , in o th e rs ta p e r in g to a m o re o r le ss a c u te
p o in t o r ra re ly som ew h a t lo b e d a t th e ap ex , w av ed o r fla t a t th e m a rg in ,
L m b r a n a c e o u s , sm o o th , r a th e r g lo ssy . Colour v a ry in g from a g re e n is h to
a b row n is h olive, som e tim e s b r ig h t, som e tim e s v e ry d in g y . E rmt u n k n ow n .
CeUules o f th e in te r io r o f th e fro n d n a rrow -o b lo n g , tw e lv e -s id ed , p e llu c id ;
th o s e o f th e su rfa c e v e ry m in u te , a rra n g e d in areo li, fo u r ce llu les in ea ch
a reo lu s ......................................... ..........................................
The, first notice of this species occurs in the ‘ Flora Banica,’
1-Dap;