2:ii SEA UOSSBS. 



ami (liner from Dr. llar^xy's figure in the iinuh 

 greater length of their branches. l*rof. P^ton ilc- 

 scril)es a variety which he calls giadMtum, found in 

 almmlancc at Ilasi|>ort, Maine, which differs much 

 from the normal form. It is flit^ene*!, wide, near 

 one inch in the middle, hut swonl sha|>ed and atten- 

 uated at l)oth cn<U ; SM^metimes simple, and some 

 limes branched on the cd^ji-s. Some sfn m 



my herbarium sht)w tendencies toward th.it fomi. It 

 is a variable but not uninteresting plant, and cr»lk*( tor^ 

 along the coast of Maine, and the I^vinces, will ; 

 tail to find it in plenty, on the rocks, near low-tide. 



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SpVRIIMA niAMENTOSA, HaRV. 



This plant is an inhabitant of the wanner 

 It is found common only on our southern sh 

 I know of no well authenticated case of its having 

 been found north r.f Tape Cod. But south of the 

 Cape it certainly i^ .»- common as almost any plant. 

 I ertainly found it in abundance at Newport, from 



• Spjrridu • A %ma^\ l»ukct, fdcxnog to ibt (rah. 



