and Mr. Collins and Mrs. IJray in Robinsons .,. , 

 of Essex Plants," report it from Gloucester. 



Cactac;n>:a virescens, THtRrT. 



This is apparently a shorter but more robust plant, 

 and more thickly bram hid than the last. It is uf 

 a more i>ranounced green color, as its n.iinc irnj 

 It is not more than three inches long, main stem and 

 branches Ixjth slraighter than in C. Zos/rra; but 

 having the twiggy apfx-arancc jK-culiar to the genus. 

 American pbnu are sai<! to grow on Zjs/era, though 



doubt it grows |»arasitical on the other .Mgx ' 

 u.urding lo Lc Jolis they are found on stones and 

 IKrbbles, and in tide ikx>Is on the rocks at half tide, 

 toward the end of spring. Mn. Davis finds it growing 

 on sand covered rocks at half tide, all summer at 

 Gloucester, and Mr. CoUins found it in June at Revere, 

 cast up from deep water, not ver)- common. Mis« 

 iJooth makes report of it in the same situation, .i 

 Pcconic Bay. It is also reported at Wood's Holl and 

 Portland. I should expect to find it at Marblehead. 



