138 SEA AfOSSES, 



LAc Cod, lh« Ocean, loo, the l«»i can heed, 

 Ye*m in ■ laoooWd qa«» lo U»thc»t »l>ort^ 

 And f.odU in deUg^l lU Mn*IW»l weed, 

 Vc« look lo Hun II mifTt** »n<l •dor**. 



7. G. Atfi*** 



Genus.— /A f.S )'./,• Ag. 



Of this K<^nu.s bul one sptM ics \s found on our 

 Allanlir nxist, within the KroKTnphicil limit- 

 Ihis lMH)k in intcmlol lo cover. Hut, hap|)ily. thi 

 \% t)ic most interesting .in.l l»cauliful rcprcscnuiiv 

 of the jj.nus. known to our American flora, viz., the 



Pas) a rlff^dtts. 



h is sometimes jKipuUrly c.illed "chr- "Z' '^ 

 cause in the water it l«K)ks ver>' Hke a piece ui 

 llul sort of finery. No one ar.]uainted with \h- 

 apiKMranre of chenille, w )uld. for an instant, misu;.- 

 a siH-cimeu of this cU^ant DasMi, when seen float 

 in;; in its native element. Out of the water, lodg. 1 

 wet u|X)n the rocks, or mixed with other Algx, it 

 looks more like a stringy mass of pink or pun)lc 



•I>»»ya - H»iry. 

 t E:eg*nt - Klepujt. 



