1-13 SEA MOSSES, 



phnt is very common throughout the season on the 

 northern shores of both tlic Ailantic and Pa- 

 Oceans. 



h is somewhat variable in ap|>earancc, ycl when 

 once seen, it is ever afterwards easily r*- -gnizcd. 

 'ITic filaments arc mm h fmer and softer luau in tin 

 La^l si)ccies, and grow in a lt>osc lufl, four to ei,;4hi 

 inches high. When taken from the water the plant 

 is flacciti and silky, with a deep, full, rich red c 

 Hut when mounted on painrr, <iry, the filaments arc 

 rigid and bristly to the touch, and turn to a dark 

 brown or black with a reddish stude, generally, in 

 places, or over the whole plant. The maio stems 

 arc from one to three times the thickness of a 

 human luir. 'llicy are much branchcf' ^'ii the 

 branches, though somewhat spiney bci^jw, do not 

 themselves branch till they have attained nsider 



able length, when they divide and sub-divide ra] 

 making the up|>cr ]>ortion of the frond assume a 

 dense and bushy look. 



In spreading out on paper, it naturally takes a 

 fan-shaped outline, with a tendency in the main 

 branches to separate from each other, and in th« 

 finer varieties to appear twisted. When dried anl 

 pressctl, there is often a glossy and silk-like apj 

 ajice to the specimen. 



