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SEA MOSSES. 



tide, growing attached to boulder rocks, a great 

 broad membrane, ten inches across, attached by a 

 single i>oinl near the middle of the frond; again it 

 will put forth a numU-r of segments of su( h a 

 froml, atiac hed by their sides to one point ; again a 

 narrowish frond a ftK>t long or more, attached by a short 

 stem at one eml. Hut the \mqAc or brownish < 

 and the "sheeny" smooth, satin-like apfKarance of the 

 frond will alwa)-s serve to identify it. It \^ m^rh n^cd 

 in Great Uriuin as an article of ♦'-•^ '^ 



wiih roast meal. 'IV- Chinese u- - niaking 



some sort of soup. 'ITic North Adaiu ny im- 



l>orted it by l>arrels from China at one tuiK. It does 

 not adhere well to i>apcr in dr>ing, shrinking and 

 puUing away. Hut it is said, that if the cloth is not 

 removed from it at all till it has l>een under heavy 

 pressure for a consider ^^n time, and is fully dry, it 

 adheres jK-rfectly to '^ ^' '* ^ annual, and 



may be found ' c.i:>oii i u ■ .^a. I have fine 

 specimens of it from California and from China, which 

 have a rich dark purple color. And I have it from 

 EngUnd as red as Uie " Dulse." But my plants from 

 the shores of Massachusetts Bay arc of a ver> decided 



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