FUCUS CRISPUS
\fjˈuːkəs kɹˈɪspəs], \fjˈuːkəs kɹˈɪspəs], \f_j_ˈuː_k_ə_s k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_p_ə_s]\
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This Fucus is found on the coasts of England, Ireland, Western France, Spain, and Portugal, and as far as the tropics. It is also a native of the United States. In Ireland, it is used by the poor as an article of diet. As met with in America, it is of a light yellow colour, and resembles plates of horn, crisped and translucent. An agreeable jelly is obtained from it by boiling it in water or milk, which forms a good article of diet in consumptive cases. Its properties are indeed exactly like those of the Iceland Moss.
By Robley Dunglison
