F U C U S glandulosus,
R e e l G l a n d u l a r F u c u s .
CRYPTOGAM'IA Algce.
Gen. Char. Seeds produced in clustered tubercles,
which burst at their summits.
S p e c . C h a r . Frond membranous, compressed, tubular,
repeatedly branched, linear, nerveless, reticulated.
Seeds in the oblong forked extremities.
Syn. Fucus glandulosus. Turn. Hist. Fucor. v. 1. 8 1 ,
t. 3 8 .
F o r this also we are indebted to our often-mentioned friend
Mr. Turner, who favoured us with one of Mrs. Griffiths’s
original specimens, found cast upon the Devonshire coast,
Unfortunately it had no fructification, which has been observed
on some specimens by that lady in September, in the
form of red grains, imbedded irr the oblong, swelling, forked,
obtuse points of the branches,
This is a small delicate and tender species, of a fine light
red or pink colour; the fronds an inch or two long, creeping
over other submarine vegetables. We find them tubular, and
also highly vascular, to which perhaps the reticulated, or
glandular, appearance is owing. They are variously and repeatedly
branched, linear, very narrow, much compressed,
forked at the ends, and somewhat abrupt or notched.—We
know nothing with which this Fucus, if properly examined,
can be confounded.