This si)ccies is distributed along the whole of the south-western 

 aud southern coast of Australia, and is not very uncommon any- 

 where, though good specimens may not always be obtainable, as 

 it grows in deep water, and is only washed ashore after strong 

 gales. Its chief characters lie in the very decompound branches, 

 the wide angles that its branches and all their divisions make 

 with the stem, the great length of the fruit-stalks in proportion 

 to the fruit, and finally the globular or shortly oval form of the 

 fruit-receptacles. These characters generally serve to separate it 

 from S. comosus (PL CIV.), but now and then partially in- 

 termediate forms may be found between them. The present is 

 the longest known of the Australian SjJorocJmi. 



Fig. 1. Sporochnus radiciformis, — the natural size. 2. Fragment of a 

 branch. 3. Receptacles, of different ages : — magnified. 



