HOW TO KNOW THE SEAWEEDS 



119b Not as in 119a. 



120 



120a Thallus under 2 cm. talL simple. Fig. 159. . . 



Fig. 159. Neomeris annulaia Dickie 



The upper portion of an actively growing 

 specimen, X 8. Although the individual plants 

 are small they often grow in large numbers on 

 bits of coral and shell along the Florida coast 

 where they are conspicuous because of the bright 

 green tips of the white, calcified plants. 



tieomens annulata 



m^^ 



120b Thallus larger, branched 121 





WW 



}^:-^m 



?^: 



•■^^ 



-i5<'>' 



Figure 159 



121a Thallus irregularly to dichotombusly branched 123 



121b Thallus consisting of a simple stalk with a terminal tuft of 

 branches 122 



121 



