218 SEA MOSSES, 



witlcst part, the clefts nm to the end outwani, ami 

 the scgnxnts arc arranged like ihc fingers of ihc 

 hand, when spread aj^irt somewhat ; or the frontl may 

 be long and narrow, with an occasional fork. 



In every case, cxcci>t llwl of the deeply ckrft fn> 

 Ihc loU-s arc bordcn.d on Iwth edges by a muUiiude 

 of tonguc-sha|)cd lc;incl-s from one to two in 

 long, and from onc-cighlh to one-half an inch wide, 

 much allenualcd at base, and with a St.; »i 



roundecl point at top. The cok>r is a deep, tlarkish 

 red. ITie sulwtancc is firm, ami in old plants, thick 

 and hard when dry. Ti\c fniil, in prominent warts, 

 is scattered over the surface of tl^c frond. The plants 

 in my hcrlorium range from four to fourteen inches 

 in height. It grows l>clwcen tides al 

 and is not uncommon al SanU Cruz, and other parts 

 of the coast. 



CALLfJPIIVIXIS rUKbVdAXlATA, HaRV. 



This species is more decidcilly lan-shapetl in 

 ouilmc. and in the division and spread of iu main 

 branches, than eill^r of the other spcxies. I^hc prin- 

 ciplc stem forks but not widely, and these a^ain 

 fork ; then, at a disUnce of half an inch or so, they 

 divide into half a dozen different segments, each of 

 which rc|xrats the same process, two or three times. 

 The segments are from onc-founJi to one-sixtcenih of 



