IGU BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. {Ilelanospermeoi. 



Hab. On Alga?, &c. Common. 



It is finer than the last, though sometimes larger. The 

 colour is generally a pale olive, sometimes greenish, and 

 sometimes yellowish. It adheres well to paper, and mates 

 a beautiful specimen. It is best distinguished from the 

 preceding by the fruit, which is podded (hence the specific 

 name), and on short stalks, whereas the fruit of the former 

 is imbedded in the branches, and subglobose. 



3. EcTOCAiiPus PASCicuLATUs, Harvei/. 

 This is rather a rare plant. 



4. EcTOCARPUs HixcKSi^, Harvei/. 



This is rare also. Found by Miss Ilinks at Ballycastlc, 

 and named in honour of her. AVe have only once found it 

 in Ayrshire. 



5. ECTOCARPUS TOMENTOSUS, Lijnfjhije. 

 Hab. On rocks and Algee. Not uncommon. 



From one to eight inches long ; frond sponge-like ; colour 

 sometimes brownish, and at other times a greenish-olive. 



6. EcTOCARPUS LONGiFRUCTUS, llarveij. 

 Hab. Skail, Orkney, Mrs. Moffat. 



Resembling Ij. littoralis, but the fruit is larger. We 

 got one specimen at Saltcoats, with fruit corresponding to 

 the figure in 'Phycologia Britannica.' 



