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delicate rcfl or pink color, and laV— -i a variety <»( 

 inlrrcsling ftirins, one uf the most LK;aulifuI of which 

 is represented in Plate XI., Figure 2. '!*hc norm a) 

 form is that of a frond as thick as a bristle, forking 

 and branching as it rises, the branches U-ing mm h 

 constricieil at their insertion, and U-nding in gr 

 ful cunes towards their extiemiiy. Sonieiimes tlu 

 main branches Inrnd over in the long sweep of a 

 semi-circle, as in the plate, and the branchlets spring 

 ing from the convex side of the arched branch, in 

 their turn Inrnd in the same way. ihcy again bein^ 

 IktscI externally with archetl ramuli. 



The noniul variety differs from this only in having 

 the jxirts less l>ent. But the tajHrring of Iwth brant hr^ 

 and ramuli, to ba^c and apex, is characteristic of 

 every variety. It grows in deep water, four or five 

 fathoms down. It is common south of Cai>e Co<l, 

 and is not found to the northward of that. 1 found 

 nearly all forms of it at Wcxxl's Holl, in August, and 

 Miss Ilooth collects it at Teconic Ilay, in that month. 

 The dwarUatf form makes an extremely l>cautiful 

 and graceful picture. It adheres well to pai)er in 

 tir)ing 



