102 FLOWERLESS PLANTS 



are, however, very stiff. Nearly related are 

 the species belonging to the genus Ectocarpus. 

 These are frequently found growing on the 

 larger seaweeds, and are usually of a delicate 

 description, often looking like a filmy cloud of 

 brown colour when in the water. The com- 

 monest kind is Edocarpns littoralis, which is 

 frequently found attached to some of the 

 Laminarias. 



Even the most attractive of the brown 

 seaweeds is cast into the shade by the extreme 

 beauty of the red forms. From childhood 

 everyone has admired these, and dehghted to 

 float out the dehcate branches on to sheets of 

 paper. All the species of this group, apart 

 from a few examples, are of a red or pink colour. 

 Most of the red seaweeds grow attached to 

 some object or other, whence they spread out 

 their dehcate branches into the water. One 

 of the most beautiful forms is that which is 

 represented by the Delesserias. One species 

 which has been called the Crimson Seaweed 

 {D. sanguinea) is a most charming plant with 

 leaves of a fine rose colour, which are normally 

 about six inches in length. Two other species, 

 which are smaller and quite often may be found 



