230 SEA MOSSES. 



more high, and usually «.uii^!^i i main frond, 



whirh is flat, thick, and « ' :.irk red color, Uiar- 



in^ to a point alwvc and L»clow, with a marked 

 tcmlcm y to bend towan.1 one Uke a sabre. 



This may be the whol the pLini. and then ihf 



fronci will measure a foot in lengt I an inch in 



width, at the widest jiart. 



Commonly, howevrr this is but the central part 

 of a large and wide. ^ jcading plant, the sccondar) 

 fronds, branching from the sides < *' *'• * main frond. 

 Sometimes, this may be comparatively :»null, no morr 

 than two inches long, and three- tenths of an in< h 

 wide, and throw out on each edge a con^- 

 numlKrr of long, rtal. U|K:ring. sabre-shni>ed fiondleis. 

 pcrtups, a fool • or more long. Again, the main 

 5tem may be three limes as Urge every way. and 

 the branches no m«»r.- ih^n four or five inci x) 



they var.' ■** •"•^■' '""^ '■•■"• Kjrtion. The 



plants of Uiu i»i>ceici arc usuauy ui a ueep red, wine 

 color. They do not adhere to jxaper. 



QtnMi,— SARCOrnVLUS, Ag, 



&uicopin'UJS Caufornica. 

 This and another species, S. eduUs, Agardh takes 



