The absorbent stem power of the laminaria for taking up iodine is very large; and this element is afterwards brought out by fire in the kelp kilns of Ireland and Scotland.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
259 laminaria solidungula, i.
"The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II"
A.E. Nordenskieold
They are popularly known as tangle or oarweeds, and the stems of laminaria saccharina and the midrib of Alaria esculenta are used as food.
"Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils"
Peter Gray B. B. Woodward