Ectocarpece.'] ectocarpus. 161 



7. Ectocarpus distortus, CarmichaeL 



Hab. Appin^ Captain CarmichaeL Dredged at Appin in 

 August 1849^ by D. L. The filaments are bent in a zigzag 

 manner^ and beset with spine-like divaricated ramuli. 



Having dredged in Lamlash Bay something that puzzled 

 me, I sent it to Professor Harvey, who at first thought that 

 it was Ectocarpus disiortus of Carmichael ; but having after- 

 wards dredged it liimself in Eoundstone Bay, he wrote to 

 me that he thought it a different plant from Captain Carmi- 

 chaeFs, and, as I had first found it, he named it — 



8. Ectocarpus Laxdsburgii, Harvey. 



It has not much bcautv to recommend it, but it is a 

 little curiosity. Like the Scotch thistle, it is armed at all 

 points, and says as plainly as a hundred dirks can say it, 

 " Wha daiir meddle wi' me ? " Phyc. Brit., PL ccxxxiii. 

 It was dredged a second time by D. L. in Lamlash Bay, in 

 August 1850, but it seems rather rare. 



9. Ectocarpus crinitus, Carmichael. 



Hab. Muddy sea-shores, " spreading over the mud in 

 extensive fleeces of a bright bay-colour."" Pound by Capt. 

 Carmichael at Appin, and by Mrs. Griffiths in Devonshire. 



10. Ectocarpus pusillus, Griffiths. 



Pound by Mrs. Griffiths, Torquay; and by Mr. Ralfs, 



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