M SEA MOSSES. 



not more ihan lhrcc-(jiuricrs of an inch throML'li. 

 and then as suddenly expands into a Lirj;e, • ^^ 

 sha|/ed vesi« le, ihc narrow end of ihe egg Ijcing 

 next to the net k, and xUc wide end crowned with 

 two tufts of long, narrow leaves. The dimensions 

 of the ovifonn part of the air vessel arc, in the 

 long duimeter t\v«) an<l three-<niarters inches, and in 

 the short two an<l a cjuarter in< hes. 'Hie leaves arc 

 from onelulf a yard to a yard long and from half 

 an int h to one in* h wide, nunv of them with thit k 

 brown Hatches of s|K)res u|»on them. 



Mr. Clevebnd h.is ha<i the kmtlness to send mc 

 parts of a plant and drawings of the whole, which 

 cnaMes me to add a point to the history of this 

 curious gentis, that I think will Ik.* interesting to 

 collectors, 'lliis fonn differs from the one already 

 descril>e<l, by the air vessel iK-aring u\Hm its apex 

 a single large forkuig i>ctiole, whose two ann d 



out on each side and branch, like the antlers of a 

 deer; each short "prong" Inraring, at the end, a 

 broad, long leaf. In a plant whose air vessel measures 

 5 J inches in diameter, the flattened pctiol'- -^^ Ixlsc 

 was two inches broad, and the two '* horns " iiuo which 

 it immediately divided, were i 2 inches broad and eight 

 feet long. 'I*hese gave out branches u|>on the inside at 

 intenals of al>out a foot, which branches, at a distance 



