\M .^^^-J MOSS/^S. 



Diego, it l>cronK-s uunv ami jnnri- rommon towanl 

 the north. At Santa Ctiiz it is very plentiful. It.s 

 hahilal is u\xm ro< ks nn.l other Algx between tides. 



Order — //)7*AV^.A. 

 Genus — //)/.V-/i'.'/.* /-<'*»• 



HyI'NF-\ \ir>^IH)KMlN I-^M. 



'Hie mossiikf Hst^^a is in many places south 

 of Cai>e Co«l. a ver> rommon plant. I collected 

 it at \Voo<rs Holl. but not very plentifully. Mi - 

 lUH.th s|K:.iks of it as growing "by the acre/' i.i 

 Peronic Hay. In California, as on the Atbnt ■ 

 c oast, it grow-s more rommon as you go '"^ 

 h i> not fountl north of CaiK: ro<l. 



The frond is filiform, proving from a mai oi 

 n»ot fibres, on stones an 1 shells, in deep water. 

 h grows in spre.iding bushy tults to a height of 

 from three to seven inches. the main stem is as 

 thick as a sparrow's cjuill at base, thcnc c tapering to 

 the size of a bristle at top. It is irregularly but 

 plentifully branched, especially in the lower part of 

 the frond, the branches spreading' out widely in every 



