Dict?/ote(B.'] ASPEiiococcus. -[47 



These Tunctarlm seem to be favourite food of some of 

 the mollusks, as the fronds are often, when found, greatly 

 perforated. Even for the creeping things innumerable in the 

 sea, He who made them provides suitable food. '' These 

 wait all upon Thee, that Thou majest give them their meat 

 m due season. That Thou givest them they gather. Thou 

 openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living 

 thina-." 



Genus XXIII. ASPEIIOCOCCUS, Lamour. 

 Gen. Char. Frond simple, tubular, cyhndrical, or (rarely) 

 compressed, continuous, membranaceous. Root minutely scutate 

 nal£ed. Fructification, distinct spots composed of imbedded 

 seeds, mixed with erect club-shaped filaments. — Name from 

 two words signifying rough and seed— GreviUe ^ Harvey. 



1. AsPERococcus coMPEEssus, GrevUle. (PI. V. %. 18.) 

 Hab. Parasitical on Algae in rather deep water. Annual. 

 Summer. Found by Mrs. Griffiths, Torquay; Mr. Ealfs, 

 Mount^s Bay; Miss Warren, Falmouth; Miss Turner^ 

 Jersey ; Cape of Good Hope, Professor Harvey. It has not 

 been found in Scotland. 



It was discovered by Mrs. Griffiths at Sidmouth in 1828. 

 Kiitzing proposes that it should be the type of a new genus. 



