IMS 



SEA MOSSES. 



PoLvsii'iiciNiA Wtxjnii, Hakv. 

 Although this plant seems to \x liuilt on the same 

 general plan as the other two California species, 

 already .IcscriU-l. it is yet suffi. iently distinct to ' 

 not only a goo.1 siK^cies. but al>o easily r 

 The stem is perhaps, twi. e the siM of a U 

 divide.1 fr.m> near the hottom into lot.g, sprea.ling 

 branches, the whole plant U-ing from four t 

 inches high. .Ml the [.arts are flattened. I 

 visibly art.ruUte. and bran, h from the rd::.s in one 

 pUine. 'n>e secondary branches also Uc with 



wide axils, but give out their branches ■; narT..«.r 

 angles, while the nUimate. awl shaiK-d ramuli arc .... .. 



inclined to Ik- incurved, rarely to spread widely. Ihc 

 plant varies much in p.uticular re.,Kcts. depending 

 much. 1 l.nd. u,«n whether it U-ar the sexual or 

 asexual ftu.t. or be- sterile ; but the differcn. 

 consists in the lengthening or shortening of the parts 

 of the plants, some Uing thick, dense and bushy. 

 others slender, sprea.ling an.l feathcrv very 



common at all s<.-asons. Dr. .\nderson > ... ^, -■• SanU 

 Cruz, growing chiefly on Afa.n.c)sOs. and. therefore, 

 of course, in deep water. Dr. Dimmick collects .t 

 on the Uach at Santa lUrbara. an.l Mrs. Bingh ,m 

 gets it there, early in the season, upon //a/iJo'. 

 also. It ad:>eres well to m^r and makes, in n. . t 



