168 5^^ MOSSES. 



botanists, under the generic name given above, we 

 will adhere to that. 



Chylocladia ovalis. Hook. 

 The frond is cylindrical, as thick as a goose quill, 

 six or more inches high, forking and sparingly- 

 branched ; the stem and branches are densely clothed 

 near the summit, with ramuli, which resemble little sacks 

 or bags, from one-fourth to one-half an inch long, some- 

 times shaped lil^e an Indian club, and sometimes like an 

 egg, hence the specific name. It grows, Mr. Cleveland 

 says, in deep water, and is collected as a rare plant 

 at Point Loma, Lajolla, between December and April. 

 The var. Coulteri, is among the most common of plants 

 at Santa Barbara, growing on rocks at mid-tide and 

 in deep water. It is not rare at Santa Cruz, where 

 Dr. Anderson finds it on the sides of soft rock cliifs, 

 near low-tide. It is not found on our Atlantic shores. 



Order.— SPHjEROCOCCOJDEM. 

 Genus — GRINNELLIA* Harv. 



Grinnellia Americana, Harv. 

 Somebody says, " Doubtless God could make a 

 better fruit than the strawberry, but doubtless He 



* Grinnellia. — Named for Mr, Henry Grinnell, New York city. 



