lamInarIa

[Lat. lamina (q. v.); sing. fem. suff. -aria. Named from the bladder-like character of the fronds.] Bot.: A genus of Algals, the typical one of the family Lamina ride, or the order Laminar i aceæ. In place of leaves there is a plane rible expansion. The stem is either naked or fringed. The young stalks of Laminaria digit at a and L. sac char in a , called tangles, are eaten. The first of these with L. bulbosa are most valued of the genus for kelp manufacture. L.saccharin a is used as an imperfect hygrometer. Itis administered in India in goiter, scrofula, and syphilis. So are L. bract eat a and the large Australian species, L. potato rum .