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F U C U S reniformis»
Kidney-shaped Fucus.
CR YPTOGAMIA Algce.
G en . Char. Seeds produced in clustered tubercles*
which burst at their summits.
Spec» Char. Stalk cylindrical, short, branched. Frond»
kidney-shaped or orbicular, flat, entire, cartilaginous*
nerveless, crimson. Tubercles scattered, superficial*
hemispherical.
Syn. Fucus reniformis. Turn. Hist. Fucor. v. 2 . 109.
I 113.
W E , as well as Mr. Turner* are obliged to Miss Everet for
Specimens of this new and rare Fucus, found cast upon the
beach at Niton in the isle of Wight. Mf. Borrer found a
Single plant on the Brighton beach.
The round or kidney-shaped figure of the leaf, and its
Small size, at once distinguish it. Several such leaves grow
Usually on one short thick irregularly-divided stalk, from
whose summit each leaf suddenly expands, without rib or
veins. The substance is firm and rigid* the colour crimson,
rendered more or less dull by age or accident. Fructification
rather rare, in small convex tubercles, bursting from the
surface in a dispersed manner. Mr. Turner observes that the
old fronds are sometimes proliferous from their edges * that
the plant has a faint smell of violets when moistened, and
in drying does not adhere to paper.------It is best fastened
with nearly cool glue,