2.{-» S£A MOSSKS. 



<lown as a rarity. It often attains the hci^'ht of two 

 or three feet. Sometimes the frond will In: jK-rfcctly 

 simple, an inch witie, and two feet long, UiiKrin^ 

 to a narrow base and apex ; sometimes a foot hi^;!! 

 and •^^•'•••* "f r«.iir itu ^^. .i vvii^i' ; smooth .'^rul Munt 



* ' 'V t «"''-'•*" •'> ^" ««">«'■ I y resembl' ■ ■ 



i)i Jriiiaa iaminanoifU$^ from whirh then, u 

 jK>ssiMc to distinguish it only l»y a microv opical ilu 

 r the struct ' the plant. Again, it will 



W deeply cleft into many » near the l>ot 



torn It) ami, at es, it will put 



out a scries of leaflets from lx)th ct! will 



ctmi^^nf l»oth tVsrsc drr.nrturcs from simplicity in one 

 pUiu J w. it from the truncated toj) 



' 1 long. «iue, !»imptc frond, a number of long, 

 n.krrow frondlets, much attcntuted at cich end. 



The color is a r rown, changing by fad 



ing to various shades of brown and pur|>le, and even 

 to a dull green, or dirty white. Sometimes all these 

 colors wii: :i<l in the same fmnd. It grows 



in deep water, plentiful in the north. Dr. Dimmirk 

 finds it very common i. ic li^ ^c, at Santa 



IlarKira. It m.iv ^- ^--^i' ' casons. 



