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46. SOROSPOEA Hass. 



Char. Cells nucleated, associated in clusters. 

 Derivation. From crwpos, a cluster or mass, and cnropa, a 

 seed. 



1. SOROSPOBA MONTANA Hass. 



Plate LXXIX. Fig. 1. 



Char. Frond between coriaceous and gelatinous, irregular, 

 much and variously lobed, curled, dark purple. Granules 

 crowded, in clusters composed of six or eight granules each. 



P. alpicola Lyngb., Hydroph. p. 2067. ap. 69. Ulva mon- 

 tana Light., Scot. Flor. p. 973. Ulva montana Hud- 

 son, Flor. Ang. p. 652. Ulva montana Withering, Ar- 

 rangement of Br. PI. vol. iv. p. 122. ; Smith, E. B. 

 t. 2193.; Harv. in Hook. Br. Flora, p. 396., also in 

 Manual, p. 179. 



Hab. On mosses and lichens on the summits of rocks. On 

 the mountains of the Isle of Skye, and west coast of 

 Scotland ; Glen Cateol : Dr. M' Culloch. Lying on the 

 ground but not attached to it, in stony moist places on 

 Goat Fell, Arran: Sir W. J. Hooker. 



According to Lightfoot, this is the " Mountain Dulse " of 

 the Scotch. 



" On the mountains of Arran this lies unattached among 

 loose wet stones, covering them in a straggling manner to a 

 considerable extent. Each frond is an inch or an inch and a 

 half in diameter, flattish, somewhat orbicular, between co- 

 riaceous and gelatinous ; when dry almost horny, of a deep 

 but dull purple colour, much lobed and curled, like some Gy- 

 rophorce, filled with crowded clusters of granules, which, if 

 minutely examined, are found to be arranged mostly in fours." 

 Hook. 



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