176 THE SEA-SHORE. 



expands into and forms a bunch of stout leathery 

 strips, which must present a large surface to the 



SEA-TANGLES. 



water, and therefore require to be attached strongly 

 to the rock. This object is effected by the lower 

 portion of the stem being subdivided into a great 

 number of ramifications, scarcely larger than whip- 

 cord, each of which clings most tenaciously to the 

 rock. In spite of this, however, of all the various 



