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2. Virescens, green. 



3. Griffithsiana, in honour of Mrs. Griffith* The 

 Griffith. 



XXXIY. Chordaria. A cord, because the branches re- 

 semble small cords. 



1. Flagelliformis, small-branched chordaria. 



2. Divaricata, divided. 



CHAPTER V. 



Seeies II. — Rhodospeeme^;. 



Tabs not unheeding, while the punctual tide 

 In calm, deep, silent might comes sweeping on, 

 Till, rushing with loud sounds, and tossing cresla, 

 It leaps and rages, thundering on the shore, 

 And whirling in its fury wide and far. 

 Mark well yon sea- weed, rooted on the rock ! 

 The madden' d surge assails its fragile form, 

 And yet it moves not, clinging with small hands, 

 An emblem flower, methinks, of steadfast ones, 

 Who dwell in peace amid earth's wild turmoils. 



Ilfeacombe, with its rocks and coves, and wild sea-dance 

 of waves from the Atlantic, is rich in marine productions. 

 The parasitic and sponge-like Callithamnion ( Callithamnion 

 spongiosum) is seen adhering to different kinds of Algae, in 

 rosy or brown-red conically shaped tufts, which retain water 

 like a sponge. This isolated species, common to the British 

 islands and Atlantic shores of France, never grows beside 

 its brother, the shrubby Callithamnion [C. arbuscula), though 

 both affect similar localities on different shores, covering 

 many a rugged or perpendicular sea-cliff with their globese 

 tufts, over which the spray of ocean vanishes and reappears, 

 and streams adown the sloping sides like molten silver. 



