im SBA MOSSES, 



distinguished by the peculiar arrangement of its extreme 

 ramifications. Tlie ultimate ramuli arc set on tbc 



inner edges of the tcnniiul !»ranchIeLs, exactly 



the teelli t»f a < oinli, three or four little awl.sha|K*(! 

 teeth in a row u|)on each branrhlel, and the branch 

 lets themselves, set in the same way, upon the edges 

 of the penaltiiute branches. 



It atlhercs ver>- well to i»a|>er when mounted fresh 

 from the sea, under coasitlerable pressure. li is so 

 common at all sea-sons, along the whole western coast, 

 that jianicular Uxalities nee<l not he nameil. 



It is not a little singular, that this species, which 

 is so common on the western shores of l)Oth Kuro|K: 

 an<l .\merira, should not l>c fouml at all on the 

 exstem coast of America, lying directly U-tween. 



Genus.— STEyOGh*A.\f.\f.l, Jiarv, 



SrENC)CR.\MMA rNTKRRlTTA,* MONT. 



The same remark may l>e made of this as of the 

 list species; the singubrity of its orr-irrcnce on the 



western shoitrs of both continents, and isence from 



the inter\eninj? east coast of .\merica. 



• Slcoosfaoma in-.cnupu = Ai. inicmiptnl mark or lin*. 



