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and Dasya, and large leaves cut into fringes and 
furbelows, of rosy Lthodymenie. All these are 
lovely to behold; but I think I admire as much as 
any of them, one of the commonest of our marine 
plants, Chondrus crispus. It occurs in the greatest 
profusion on our coast, in every pool between tide- 
CHONDRUS. 
marks, and every-where,—except in those of the 
highest level, where constant exposure to light 
dwarfs the plant, and turns it of a dull umber- 
brown tint,—it is elegant in form, and brilliant in 
colour. The expanding fan-shaped fronds, cut 
