108 SEA AfOSSES. 



lx)lanisis, uinlcr ihc i;cncric: name given ; 

 will adhere tu that. 



C'llVUH L\l»IA «»V.\IJ>. II<M)|C. 



Tile frond is < yhndri(al, as thick as a goose <|uill. 

 six or more inches hi^h, forking and 8| 

 l)ranched ; the stem and liranc hes are deasely do- 

 near the summit, with ramuh. which resemhle httle s 

 or bags, from one foiirth to c»neh.ilf an inc h long, s<<: 

 times sh.i|>ed hke an Inchan c Uib, and sometimes like an 

 egg. hence the sik.m ific name. It grows, Mr. r'!.v.tin,| 

 saj's, in deep water, and is collected as a i.ui |u.iiu 

 at I\>int Ixima, L.1J0II.1, U-tween hecemlnrr and April. 

 'Vhc var. Coultrn, is among the most c ommon of p' 

 at S.mia Ilirlum growing on rrnks at mid-tide and 

 in deep water. It is not rare at .Santa Cruz, 

 Dr. .Anderson rin«ls it on the siiles of soft rcxrk « 

 near low- tide. It i.s not fo»md on our .\lUntic bh 



Order.— Srif.EROCOCCOIDEjE. 

 Genus — GRISXEIJJA^ Jiarv, 



GrINNFUJA .\MF.kICANA, HaRV. 



SomeUxly sa)-s, '* I >oul)tless (icxl couM make a 

 letter fniit tlun the sirawl)err), hut doubtless lU 



• GnooctluL— N^med t -r Mr. Hcory GnoncU, New York dty. 



