82 SEA MOSSES. 



serra/us at Ncwbunjxjrt ; but their rarity makes it 

 undesirable tu tlc!»cribc them in a work intended only 

 as a |>opular intruduction to the more cotninon runn:> 

 of our niorine tlora. 



Order.— /V/. EOSrORK. E, 

 Sub-ofdcr.— LAML\ARIE,ii. 

 ^^f\Ki%,— MACKOCYSTJS* Ag. 



Mack* >c-> vns I'^rikhu, Ac. 



Hiis is the giant among sea weeds. Indeed, it 

 attains a length tmknown in any other vegetable fonn 

 u|>on the gkjU*. Were it not to (jucstion *^ -• testi- 

 mony of careful oliseners, I should l»c mm a iiu lined 

 to doubt some of the stories told al>out this remarkable 

 plant. Dr. Hooker says it attains a length of 700 

 feet, ami Ik>ry St. Vincent de« bres it is sometimes 

 founil 1.500 feet long. Mrs. Ilmglum, of Santa 

 ikirbara, writes me that it is frequently thrown on 

 shore there. 100 feet long. Mr. CleveUnd. who has 

 been at great |>ains and trouble to get ...v exact 

 dau as well as tj^jiral specimens of this plant, has 



• .MacTocytiU - With bf r*. 



