CO SEA AfOSSES. 



constrirtca at the joints. In dr>i"g' ^^^ P^"*"* ^^*^^*** ^ 

 little, but keeps its glossy look, and as the chloruphyl 

 collects at the ends of the t ells it gets a variegated 

 apiKarance, an alternation of light and dark ixiints 

 along the thread. It is common along the whnlc 

 coast. It grows in deep water five or six f. 

 down, and so must U- sought for among the cast tip 

 sea weeds, or floating on the surface of the water. 

 Mr. Collins fotiml it in tide ixkjIs, at Revere, in the 

 spring, Init it may be found all summer. It d.Ms not 

 adhere to |»aiK:r. 



Cll;»rroRM«)RPIIA lURTUOSA, DiL W. 



You will find upon the rocks, or upon the A 

 growing on them, mats of green wool, spread out or 

 rolled up. Hiis is C. tortuaa. Its fibments are ver)' 

 fine, finer than human hair, densely inte^^ an«l 



fcUcd together into rolls, or spreading mai . It 

 does not cobi>sc when taken from the water. It is 

 common at Nahant, Marblehead, and Nantaskct, and 

 northward in midsummer. My specimens have adhered 

 very well to paper. It is not uncommon in California. 



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