no SEA AfOSSES. 



Genus.— /':L^I C///SrA* Duby. 



KLACIUSrrA fXCICOlv\, Fr. 

 No doubt you will wontlcr wlul ihc lilllc i 

 of olive colored liairs arc, whitli arc so common ui>on 

 the '* Rockwccd/* ever)' liair of which seems to radiate 

 unbranchetl, from some ccnind |)oitil of attachment 

 hidden in the lufl. 1 luive given its nime al)Ove. 

 It will l>e noticed also lliat, though the longest hairs 

 are not over lulf an in« h long, there is a mass of 

 ihem much shorter than tlut, alxjve the general crop 

 of whi(h, the lugg ones seem to sund out stiff ami 

 soliury. It lud l»etter, |K:rlu|>s, lie removed from 

 the Fucus l>eforc mounting, though a thin slice ot 

 that might be cut off with the Etafhiit^i Tt makes 

 a ver)' interesting microscopical object, n^ delicate 

 pencils may l>e found ui>on the " Rock weed " alt * 

 everywhere, for it is widely distributed. 



Sub-ofder.— SPHACFLARIE^. 

 Q^ryy,^.— C/.ADOSTF/'J/i'S,^ Ag. 



Cl-ADOSTKPHUS VERnCILLATVS, A'i. 



The whorUd CladoiUphus is ver> ly dis- 



tiogiibhed from all other plants of the sc«i, except 



• KUchUu — Tbc Miullcft. 



