RJiodomelece.'] dasya. 305 



and none meets with more general admiration, or is more 

 frequently gathered and used in ornamental devices by the 

 female visitors on our shores/' 



2. Dasya ocellata, Harvey. 



Hab. On mud-covered rocks in the sea. Eare. Annual. 

 Summer. Discovered by Mrs. Griffiths on the pier at Tor- 

 quay ; Professor Walker Arnott, Whitsand Bay ; Trevot, 

 Eev. Mr. Hore ; in Ireland by Professor Harvey, Mr. An- 

 drews, Mrs. Grey, Miss Gower. 



" The specific name was no doubt intended by Grateloup 

 to allude to the eye-like spots caused by the density of the 

 ramuli at the tips of the branches. The branches resemble 

 delicate feathers marked with an eyelet.''^ — See Phyc. Brit., 

 Plate XL. 



3. Dasya arbuscula, Agardh. 



Hab. Eocks near low-water mark. Annual. Summer. 



A beautiful little plant. Eare in England. Not rare in 

 Ireland, and said not to be rare in the west of Scotland ; 

 but we have seen only one specimen which was obtained in 

 Ayrshire by Miss M'Leish. See beautiful figure, PL ccxxxiv. 

 ^ Phycologia Britannica.' 



4. Dasya ventjsta, Harvey, [spec, nov.) 



Hab. Cast on the shore. Annual. Summer and autumn 



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