Ui SEA MOSSES. 



three or four limes longer than broad. 'loward ihc 

 apices these shorten, till tlicy arc not miicli longer 

 than the colored bands. The ai ire sometimes 



only incuncd, but more frequently nv^.i^cd. 



It may always be dislinguishcd from the next, 

 with which only is it likely to be confounded, by 

 its somewlut greater length ; its narrower forkin;; ; 

 its decided tinge of purple in the prevailing 

 red, of the dry plant; and the fart tlut the 

 fronds of a tuft api>car to be o! !y 



different length, so that the outline of the mounted tuft 

 will be dcciiledly uneven and jagg* -1 I collcctcnl it 

 in abundance at Ncwjwrt and \\."".:> Moll, in the 

 summer and fall. I have never found it in Massachi 

 setts Ilay. But Mr. Collins rcjwrts it as not un< ommon 

 in the warro waters, on the muddy bottom of Mystic 

 river marches, about lioston. And Mrs. Davb collects 

 it in the river, at Lilt! I Harbor, GK r. 



Ceramium FAsnciATVM,* Harv. 



This I consider our most beautiful Cramium. It 

 is vcr)' common at all points, where I have visited 

 tVir <;outh shnf- of Ncw Kngland and New York, 

 V |...jally ..V ..cwport, where I took .. . . ireds of 

 splendid plants. It grows on Zostera, Chondrus 



* FaM^tatvm s Sharp p o»nt c d. 



