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in the branches, which occur mostly in pairs in various 

 parts of the fronds. The length varies from 2 or 3 inches 

 to several feet. It is obvious that the air-vessels serve 

 as floats. We cross the zone of Bladder- Wrack, and at 



Fig. 24. — Knobbbd-Weack Fig. 25. — Notched- Weaok (Fijous 

 (ascophyllum nodosum). serrattjs). 



once encounter Knobbed- Wrack {Ascophyllum nodosum, 

 Fig. 24), a tough, leathery, olive-green species, varying 

 from 2 to 6 feet in length, the thallus consisting of 

 narrow, branching straps, several of which arise from 

 the one base. It bears large, oblong air-vessels, due to 



