IDS SEA .\fossns. 



The other sp^-ries, F. crassa, I have no spcti 

 mens or notes of, an<l so c:li\ give no account of 

 it. It is a northern plant, and may Ik: found from 

 Sinta (*niz nortliwani through Oregon. 



Genus. — CHAMP! A* A^. 



(IIAMIMA PAkVll-A. HaRV. 



'I*hc /i/r/r C/iamfiiit is an extremely Ic, but 



on our Noiiihern shores, a very common plant. Ii 

 need not Ix! looked for north of <Vxl. I 



have found it in ahundancc at South I., New 



IKjrt, near the Uaehes, Martha's \iiic>.ird, f )ns« t 

 Uay. and .it other iKjmts. I^he fronds are fi'ifonn. 

 Main stem and branches aUitit the si/e of a jur k- 

 lhre.id. Hie living pUnt. in the wat. apt to 



asstime a gloliosc apiKr.inince. on arc otmt of its prolific 

 and irreg^ibr branching. It grows to the »t of 



from two to six inches. It is sc^ftly cartilaginous, and 

 adhcrt-i well to p-nicr. Its disting\iishing mark, i » 

 the typical forni. is, th.it Iwth in the water an'' 

 ixi|>er, it is rcguLirly and somewhat deeply constricicci. 

 The constrictions vary in length from once to on« •• 

 and a half limes the diameter of the frond. They 



•Champij * A pcmxuil luinc. 



