W SEA MOSSES. 



jartcd asuinlcr lower down. One by one the stra{)S 

 from the margin inwards are ]»ulled away from the 

 oM bhuie, till at Ust it is hcM by but tM*o or three 

 central ones. These i*art at last, and the old frond 

 Cills like an autumn leaf, 



" ikouM Its tiaw lo die \uu com*.** 



Those who live by the sea the year around may 

 be interested to watch this curious process of "si. 

 dinji the leaf," in this s|»ecies. It was firet desrril>ed 

 nuny years ago, l»y tlut most pains- taking and shar])- 

 cyed naturalist, I)awson Tunier. 'ITiis species is not 

 common, if it is found at all, south of CajKr Cod ; 

 north of tlut it is plenty enough. 



I^MINAkU A.S'DUISONII, EaTOS. 



I have three copies of this pbnt, sent me a few 

 years ago by Dr. Anderson himself, and for want of 

 a printed description l)y the author, will give a de- 

 scription of one of thc*se. 'I1iis specimen is about 

 one yanl long. The lower half is a stem with the 

 usual branching hold-fxst, TIk- stem is cylindrical, of 

 uniform size, one-sixth of an inch in thickness. It 

 sudilenly exfxmds into the bb<le of the frond which 

 is about an inch wide, anti, of course, half a yard 

 long, siiles i>arallel except where it narrows into the 



