114 SF:A AfOSSES. 



FxTYK-ARpis Farlowii, Tiiuret. 



This is a shorter and somewhat coarser plant 

 llun ihe preietling. growing in ihc same siluaiions 

 u\)on J'uati noJosus. In my s|K.cimens, the eml of 

 the J'ucui is clollicd, for the space of three inches 

 or more, with a dense, «lark green mass of Ectocarpui 

 fibmenis, half an inch long. I luve seen no detailed 

 descripiion of the plant; but jH-rhaps its outward 

 api>earance, as given aUne, Inring somewlul distinct 

 and wcll-markc<l. would sene mo^t collectors as a 

 clue to iilentificaiion, U-tier than a ful ount of 



the fruit and hranchmg. I found it common at 

 Marblehead, in the summer. It is also found along 

 the coast north, as f.ir as Peak's hland, Maine. 



KcTiJCARPts siULVLosus, Ln-ngb. 



This jilani is very common along nttr whole 

 eastern coast, and is found occasional i the 



Pacific shores. It grows on various suUuw.. cs be- 

 tween tidc-s, but seems es|xrcially to affect the string- 

 Uke fronds of the Chordaria Jlagelliformis. Hk- 

 color is mostly a yellowish green, but variable. Fronds 

 from three to six inches long, not enunglc-d, filaments 

 very slender, and excessively branc hed, all the divisi.)ns 

 alternate with aaitc axils. ITie propa^ula are fonned 

 by the transform;..g of a i>ortion of thn ultimate 



