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tiful at Peconic Bay, and all through Long Island 

 Sound and southward. 



Chondriopsis dasyphylla,* Ag. 

 This is a considerably more robust plant than 

 either of the others already described, growing from 

 six to twelve inches high in bushy tufts, the main 

 stem and branches being as thick as wrapping twitif . 

 There seems to be, at least, two distinct types, or 

 varieties, of this species. The one has a pronounced 

 leading stem, with relatively shorter and more erect 

 branches, and the ramuli longer and less blunt, or 

 only rounded at the apex, like those of C. striolata. 

 The other just as manifestly divides up near the 

 base into ^ several long, widely spreading, similar 

 branches, which are clothed throughout with an 

 abundance of short, secondary branches. The ramuli 

 of this variety present the typical form, much at- 

 tenuated at the base, short, thick, very blunt, top- 

 shaped,- or truncated at the apex. The former I 

 found very plentiful at Newport, in July and August, 

 growing in rock pools, near low-tide, and, as it 

 lies pressed on paper before me, presents a mixture 

 of green and purple color. The latter was among 

 the most abundant of the plants in the little harbor 



* Dasyphylla = With bushy foliage. 



