123 SEA MOSSES. 



I have sfcn much larger pl.in»- »h.in ciihr' "^ 

 these. The variety r.xaf/^^rafti, j;i«mv>, iwo or i if - 

 feel lon^. ami six to ten inches wi'!' I'ut the heavy, 

 thick, mostly simj>le. flat front! will serve to h 



this from either of the other sjkm My C.ihfomia 



corresjKiniients all re|H>rt it very common from San 

 |)iego to Santa (*ru/., growing Inrtwecn titles, on n>rks 

 ihc year around, or Ik*Iow title, ami in the 

 wa)*s. It IS inily a nohle plant, anr! with its livitl rtii 



color must Xx a striking feature, r ^ anti falling in 



the green waters. 



GlOARnNA SHNOSA,* KVTT. 



This rescml)lcs the last sjK'cies only in its thick, 

 leathery sul>sUnce, antl its rout;hene<' cy sn- 



TIk* proiulKTanccs arc |xiintctl, antl not rtnmtlcti at 

 the cntl, as in G. ra*iula, ami they often attain con- 

 siderable length. 



The fofin of the frond is extremely variable. S 

 times it rises from a cylintlrical stem, flattens broadly, 

 and then divitles, as the haml tlivitlcs into fin"-' 

 Ai^nin, it keeps its main frontl entire, and simple, taj-ci 

 ing gradually antl gracefully to base antl a{)cx, and 

 throws out from each etlge a nmllilut! w 



leaflets, pointcti al>ovc and Inrlow. These are somc- 



* Spittoia = Thontjr. 



