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Genus.— AY/TVA^A^W, W^. 



KtTIKJKA I kl VI ATA, Ag. 



'Ihc (rested F.uthora is among our mosi inurcsi- 

 ing ami l>caulifiil northern pbnis. I'blc XIV. gives 

 a gcxMl rc|)ro<lurtion of a lypital frond of this si>ccies. 

 In general ouiline, when spread on i>a|)er, it is not 

 greatly unlike some fonns of PfUaen fa, from 



whiih it differs, however, hy having no veins or 

 midril), an<l hy h.ivjng it^ em! ramifiratinns notched. 

 In P. alata they lennirulc in rounded •, 



ITie llat fan NhaiK-d frond grows tpuu one lo 

 three inches high, and divulcs from the ' in a 



manner Inrtween forking and alternate 

 'ITie nuin branches also tulxiivide in the w.iy. 



Simelime^ they widen upwanis at first, and then 

 fringe out into narrow branches. Sometime^ 

 are of the same wi<lth throughout, one eighth of an 

 inch or more, and rapidly <livide toward the ends into 

 minute branches,, each of which, under »^ • '..'lass, will 

 seem to be notched in at the end. It i:» a lull bright 

 R*d color. 



It is found in great abundarvcc along our whole 

 coast north of Ca|)e Co<l. It has also been drcd. 1 

 off Hlock Isbnd. It grows with Ptilota plumosa, 

 and the two DcUss^rtaf on stones, shells, ajid other 



