204 '^^ * ^fn<rcrc 



from it in scvcr.il well mirkcl inrticubrs. It 

 much finer in all its parts, ai. i<> the naked 



•V no main st«''» and brancht^ which nrr nvu h 



I UK ivcr than the >i.;iiuatc ramifici ^. To 



the general habit of the plant and the iinjiiiuu i-i* 

 branching is much the same as that of C. Borreri^ 

 but the ultimate ramuli arc no more than 



. thick. Indeed. l.int is 



fine as a spider's thread. 



The color is a Icvi brilliant red tlun that of < 

 n.rr/H, and appm.irhcs much nearer that of < 



•/f, a da:;, brownish red. 11 will 



nui uc ««jiifounded with the ^«'"' lat is r 



pbnt e\'en than * *" rreri. 



Tlic plant gf«^»^ hcjgiii ui iwo or tiircc 



inrht% in dense tutt above indicated, it is ex- 



vcly fine and : ')lla|>sing into a clot when 



draw-n from the water. No leading stem or br 



will W cnsilv flrtcrtrfl in the mounted plant, without 



I^it the various dire whi< h 



the ma... .;.. ^ '•••'^^ -^^D be <*^^'^^* ^<^° *^y ^^^*-* 



finely pinnated ends, whi^ ^^ ''^cy pi.i .i beyond the 

 princiixal "mass of the Iruuu, forming bcaulilul little 

 plumules, or the tops of p)Tamids. 



It grows during the summer ujxjn /vsUni, and 

 other sub-marine plants and rucks, below low-tide. 



