210 SEA MOSSES. 



swollen at poinis, into what api . .; to In: little 

 "blatlilcrs," as the name of the plant mentions. 

 This is caused by the interior niKlule ** nil bulging 

 the ramulus out at these }H)ints. It may be « " d 

 daring the whole seast^n. In sonv ii will 



make no inconsiderable jari of the mass of smaller 

 weeds, which arc found piled up on the be.i' h. 



Genii%.— C.'ll/A)P//yiUS* Kuti. 



One of the marked features, of the marine flora 

 of California, arc the large and brilliant plants of this 

 genus. None of the red Algsc excel thn ' rilliancy 



of color, ami few in size of plant, in sprcul of frond, 

 or variety of form. Ti\c\ arc common everywhere 

 on the coast, and grow mostly in deep water. 



CAUJOPtn-lXIS VARIEGATA, Ac. 



None are more common or more variable than 

 the pbnts of this 5i)ecies. It is rightly n.imed. Plate 

 XVI. shoi^-s a common, and what may he considered 

 a typical form of it. It gives at least the general 

 method of the division of the frond. .Xnd yet many 

 plants are far removed from this form, by having' all 

 the segments very narrow and long, one-eighth of 



• OOlopliyUb = Beaatiful kaL 



