S04 5^^ MOSSES. 



In color, it is very dark red when fresh, and 

 quite bbck when dry. It is a jx'rennbl. and so may 

 U- lookril for at all seasons. It grow*s in deep 

 waler. I have taken it at Marl)lchea<l and Newjwrt. 

 Mr. Cpliins rejKjrts it in various pbccs al>oiit Nlassa- 

 chuseiis Ikiv, in the summer ami fall, in title |)ools. 

 Nfrs. Davis gels it at Annis^juam in a mill fwrnd. 

 Mrs. Br.iy finds it washed ashore at Cofhn's lieach, 

 C.loucester. All re|)ort it common. Miss Ikxith finds 

 it scarce at Orient. It docs not adhere to i>apcr, 

 and is far from Inring, to the generality, an inter- 

 esting plant. 



Order — /?. / TJfl CHEOSrERME.E, 

 Q,tuM^—SE.\fAUOS* Ag, 



NkMAIJON Mfl.TiniH.'M, Ac. 



'llie miinytimfS'iiiviiltd Semalion is a summer 

 annual, growing aturhed to the stirface of rocks, on 

 the sea Ixjttom, which are uncover- d >t low tide. 

 It much aflfects the smooth, round face of the 



hard, granitic, sea-worn boulders, whu a uc low down, 

 iK-tween tides, all along our New England roast. 

 Where nothing else seems able to make a fool-hold, 



• Ncaulioo — Cfop '^ -f-ns*. 



