“ALGLE 125 
violet, dark purple, and reddish-brown, often beautifully 
tinted. In general, the bodies are much more graceful 
and delicate than those of the brown Algz. There is the 
Fic. 117.—One of the red Algae. 
greatest variety of forms, branching filaments, ribbons, and 
filmy plates prevailing; and often profuse branching occurs, 
the plants resembling mosses of delicate texture (Figs. 116 
and 117). One remarkable group, chiefly displayed on 
tropical and surf-beaten coasts, contains such a deposit of 
lime in the cell-walls that the forms resemble branching 
corals or coral-like incrustations; and for this reason they 
are called corallines. 
Red Algz are all anchored forms, and are chiefly dis- 
played in temperate and tropical waters. While not re- 
