lUO SEA MOSS/SS. 



under a pocket lens, by altemalc Uimls of lighter 

 and darker color, somelimc* while and l>lack, some- 

 times while and reci, and somcimics iwo •»! 

 red. This characieri'ilic never hils, except sumciuncs 

 in the older jurts of very robust s|)ecimcns of C. 

 ritlfrum, 



CCRAMIUM RUBRt/M,* A<'^ 



This plant is common, not only ihr t our 



entire eastern and wcsiem coasts, but in • cvcr>' 



Bca upon the globe. I doubt if there is another s<> 

 thorough -going cosmopolite, in the whole marine fl.>M 

 of the world. 



It gTo»-s upon everything, rtv^ ^nd stones, and 

 shells, and almost all sorts of scu j^unls. 'ITiis ahil 

 ily to be on a good footin^^ with every kinti of com 

 I»anionship, and to feel at home wherever it can nn<i 

 a pbce to stand, and sprout, and grow, will a<«ouni, 

 perhajM, for its univeiial presence and its wmc distri- 

 bution. 



It grows in pools, between tides, and in deep 

 water. It is extremely variable in appearance, an<l 

 will sometimes .ilmost "deceive the very elect," ini(j 

 l>elie\ing they have found some other species. It 

 grows from two to ten inches high, thicker than a 



