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FU C US pinnatifidus.
P in na tifid Fucus.
CRYPTOGAMIA Algce.
Gen. Char. Seeds produced in clustered tubercles,'
which burst at their summits.
Spec. Char. Frond cartilaginous, branched; branches
mostly alternate, doubly pinnatifid, cut into short
blunt .callous teeth, which bear the sessile ovate tubercles.
Syn. Fucus pinnatifidus. Ends. 581. Gooden, and
Woodw. Tr. o f Linn. Soc. v. 3. 167. Turn. Syn.
267. With. v. 4. 106. Hull. 321. L ig h tf. 953.
Stackh. Ner. t. 1 1 .
F. multifidus. Huds. 5 81.
F. filicinus. Lightf. 954.
F. Dealensis, Pedicularis rubrse folio. Dill, in Rail
Syn. 48.
F. ramosus, piperis sapore. Dill, in R a ii Syn. 51.
T h i s . is found on various parts of the coast, and known in
Scotland, where it is frequently eaten, by the name of PeppeF
Dulse, from its pungent flavour. We have received specimens
from Mr. Travis, Mr. Templeton, the Rev. Mr. Davies, and
other friends. It is supposed to be annual, fructifying in autumn.
The frond varies in the breadth of its segments (see GmeL
f. 16. ƒ . 2 <2# 3 . ) , hence authors have made two or more species
out of what a little observation would have taught them to be
but one. Its height is 2 or 3 inches, its substance firm but
succulent, the colour a purplish brown. The root is branched.
Frond flat, once or twice pinnate; the branches numerous, alternate,
scarcely opposite, pretty regularly pinnatifid or toothed.
The more obtuse and callous teeth bear the fructification in
sessile almost globular tubercles, full of dark-red seeds, Dr.
Goodenough and Mr. Turner have in their different works
admirably illustrated this species.