106 SEA AfOSSES. 



north. Btit it will l)c foiincl more plentiful sotith 

 than north of ('a|H.' Co<l. I have taken it at 

 SouthoUl. L. I , and at Woixl's Hull. It is not so 

 robust a plant as the Ia.st. Krum the first, it braix hes 

 out widely in all directions, in a straddling, stnig- 

 gling, liushy waV. ITic brant hes, whit h bnincli » 



and again, are l>c2»et thmughout with &hort (one- 

 sixteenth to one-tenth of an inch), spines, which 

 arc mostly forked widely at the etuis. These are 

 the characteristic }>oints. 'Hie pLints of this, like 

 those of the bst s{K*cies, are somewhat slippery and 

 slimy, ami must not l>e put under too much ))rc*s- 

 sure at first. It often grows a foot or more, i 

 my s|K*< imens are not more tlian lulf that lu-ight. 

 My corres|Miudent:i re}K)rt it as found all summer at 

 all |x>int&. 



CHoRIiAIUA AlUfTINA, RUPR. 



'Y)m is the only species of this genus found on the 

 coast of California. It is quite common at Santa 

 Cruz and northward, growing on the Ixjuldcrs ah>v,^ 

 rocky beaches. 



A mounted s|>erimen, four inches high, lies Inrforc 

 me as I write. It has a princifxil leading stem extcnrl- 

 ing the whole length of the plant, which is two or 

 three times as thick as a bristle, and much attenuated 



