251' BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. [Rhodospemie^?. 



received also a gold medal for having commanded the 45th 

 Regiment at the battle of Toulouse ; he was most danger- 

 ously wounded at Ciudad Eodrigo, having been shot through 

 the body while fighting at the top of the main breach. 



Stackhouse speaks of D. sanguinea as not being common, 

 and as seldom found entire. On the coast of Avrshire in 



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spring and early summer, it may be got on the shore in 

 abundance, and quite entire, after a stiif breeze. In January 

 it might puzzle the young Algologist, as nothing then re- 

 mains but the red stem, and midrib beset with fruit of 

 both kinds, on separate plants. In Februar}* it makes an 

 interesting specimen v^'ith young leaves, more than an inch 

 in length, springing from the midrib, mixed with the fruit. 

 In March the fruit has disappeared, but the leaves are then 

 three or four inches in lengtli, and almost an inch in breadth, 

 of a fine fresh glossy pink hue, and of a lighter and more 

 delicate tint than when they are full-grown. When full- 

 sized, the fronds are generally, on the Ayrshire coast, about 

 seven inches long, and an inch and a half in breadth, 

 though often much larger, and the colour is then a splendid 

 rich pinky red. In its spring and summer dress it is a 

 lovely plant, and it is not wonderful that it should be a 

 universal favourite. Mr. Dawson Turner says : " In the 



