90S SEA MOSSES. 



l*llVU/)ril<)RA MUMBRANIFOUA,* Ad. 



This U the more roinmon s|K:cics of ihc two which 

 arc natives of our waters. It esiKtially loves the 

 wanner seas, though it is rejKjfted as not uncommon 

 on our northern shores. Mrs. Davi - it at 



Magnolia, and Mr. Collins at Revere. I found it al 

 Ncwiwrl and \Voo<l's HoU, in great alnin«V«!>«-.-. csiHrcially 

 at the last named pLicc. It grows in ...^i» water "v 

 pebbles and rocks. From an cx|undcd disk ujkjii 

 the stone, fifteen or twenty cylindrical fronds some 

 times arise in a bunch. At the height of half an in< h 

 they begin an irregular branching. 



'l*he branc hes arc short and stiff, and stumpy. Some 

 of them soon exjund into various sized we< , 1 



leaflets, from one- fourth to three-fourths of an inch 

 long ; others appear merely flattened and then truncated ; 

 others bear the minute lobes of yotmg sprouting leaf- 

 lets. The iniical leaflets are once or twice lolnrd or 

 forked. The plants grow from one and one-half to 

 six inches high, of a clear red color, and the old ones 

 arc often incnisted with parasites, patches of polyzoa 

 or of calcarious Algae. It is a |Krennial. 

 Phyixophora BrodivT.!, Ac. 

 This is said to l>c very common in deep water at 



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