256 BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. [^RJioclosjjermea . 



it during all the winter on the stems of Laminana d'lg'itatay 

 though it is then in a ragged state, and does not adhere to 

 paper in drying. Mr. Turner, in his *" Historia Fucorum/ 

 PL XXXV., shows it when advanced to the second year of 

 growth. Stackhouse, also, in ' Nereis Britannica,' has a 

 figure of it ; but neither of them gives us the phmt in its 

 most beautiful state, as found in Ireland and the west of 

 Scotland. I have before me an Irish specimen, the frond 

 of which is six inches in length, and as many in breadth, 

 and I have seen them larger. I have also before me a 

 Scottish specimen gathered at Gourock, by my friend ^liss 

 Ramsay, of Glasgow, which, though not the largest, is the 

 richest and most beautiful one I ever beheld. It consists 

 of three fronds of large size, shaped like an oak -leaf, the 

 colour of which is a fine dark brownish-purple. It is rather 

 remarkable that this, and the very splendid Lelesseria san- 

 guinea, which I have already mentioned, should have been 

 found so far up, where the fresh water of the Clyde must 

 have a considerable effect. Perhaps they were driven from 

 their moorings in the Holy Loch, which is nearly opposite, 

 and in the shelter of which they might expand themselves ; 

 or, as Miss Kamsay thinks, from the rocky point at Port- 

 kill in the parish of Eoscneath. 



