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Even the most sheltered piaces here are not calm enough for 

 this alga. When the wind blows on the shore, the sea washes over 

 the rocks, in hard weather, flowing over the »Ejde« itself. 



I have not met with any description of such a Fwcus-vegetation 

 growing on an exposed coast. Si mm o ns, who found Fuciis disti- 

 chiis in its well-known habitat, the west coast of Sj^dero, writes (1. c. 

 p. 254): »Wo an der Westkiiste von Sudero Fiicus distichus auftritt, 



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phot.). 



konnte man vielleicht am richtigstcn eine besondere Formation unter- 

 scheiden, die dann die Fiicus distichus-Porphyra-iormaXion zu nennen 

 wåre. Fiiciis distichus bewohnt nåmhch mit Vorhebe abschiissige Pel- 

 sen in der Nåhe der Ebbengrenze und wåchst da mit Porphyra laci- 

 niata vermischt.« Judging by these words, Simmons seems hardly 

 to have got any distinct idea of this characteristic formation. Nor 

 have I met with any description of it from Norway, where it may, 

 however, be supposed to grow. It has therefore been very inter- 

 esting to me, to receive the following report from Mr. Norum in 

 Haugesund. »A F«CHs-formation corresponding exactly with those 



