274 BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. \_B7io(losperm€a. 



from deep water the colour is purple. TTlien partly decom- 

 posed, it is at times singularly beautiful, red, purple, and 

 yellow and white, and green tints being richly mingled. 

 More frequently, however, it is a dull bluish-purple when 

 driven ashore. Tliere is a magnificent figure of its normal 

 appearance in Phyc. Brit., PI. cxlv. 

 '^ 3. Chylocladia reflexa, Chauv. 



Hab. On rocks in the sea near low- water mark. Very 

 rare. Found by Miss Amelia Griffiths near Ilfracombe, 

 and by Mr. Ealfs in CornwaU, from whom we have good 

 specimens. It is chiefly distinguished from C. Icalifonim 

 by its creeping habit and small size. 



4. Chylocladia parvula, HooJcer. 



Hab. On large Alga3. Annual. Summer and autumn. 

 England, Mrs. Griihths, Mr. Borrer ; Ireland, MissHutchins, 

 Mr. Terapleton, Mr. D. Moore ; at Saltcoats, floating in the 

 sea, by Mrs. R. M. Stark ; island of Cumbrae, Eev. G. 

 Laing. 



Colour, a fine, fugitive pinky red. Distinguished from 

 C. kaliformis by the ramification, the uniformly short joints, 

 and the shape of the capsules, whicli arc ovate. See Phyc. 

 Brit., PI. ccx. 



.5. Chylocladia auticulata, Hooker, (Plate XIY. 



