l,Vi SEA .WOSSES. 



way. This ronstimics ihc chief l)cauly, as il is ihc 

 most conspicuous i>ccuharity of ihc plant. 



The uhiuhiie raniuU of the young pbnts, ami of 

 ihc youn^; p.irts of the oh I ones, are apt to l)c fihriUi- 

 iferoui, in a nunner not unHke /*. fihrillosa, l)ut the 

 methcxl of bran< hing am! the general asiKct of the 

 plinl will exsily (!i>ling\iish it from th.it. 



It is rei>orte<l all along the coast from H.ilifax to 

 New York. Miss llooth f«)uml il rare at Peconic 

 Ikiv. I found manv siHrciinens of il al Wocxl's Holl, 

 bul look none al New])ort, all summer. During several 

 ycire' collecting at Marhleheatl. I do not remember 

 to have seen it there, thouglv Mr. Collins finds it 

 ahunibnl along that coast, and Mrs. Davis collects 

 il all summer, on Caiul lieach, (llout ester. 



iNjlASiriUiMA lUll-KYI, Ag. 



The three following C'alifomLi mcmlxrrs ol this 

 genis which 1 shall underuke to give an account of, 

 I have put by themselves. n«Jt on ac< ounl of natural 

 affinilv. bul for convenience of describing them. And 

 yet they are not far apart in the natural system. This 

 is ceruinly a vcr)* distinct and well marked species, 

 like P. Jastif^ata, one which when once seen caD never 

 be forgotten, or l>e henceforth unrecognized. 



It grows from three to six inches high, the sura 



