30 COM3ION SEAWEEDS. 



CLADOPHOEA. 



(The name means "branch-bearing.") 



Cladopiioea Etipesteis. — It is a plain-looking 

 plant, closely tufted, and of dirty greyish-green colour; 

 nevertheless, if taken from the deeper pools at half- 

 tide, it is truly a beautiful plant of a line dark green, 

 and very useful to collectors for fancy work, as it 

 dries well on the muslin or calico, and is very effective 

 when mingled with red seaweeds and zoophytes. 



Cladophoea Eectakgulaeis. — This species and 

 those which follow are found as you track the tide to 

 low- water mark. By examination with a pocket lens, 

 you will see the difference between this and CladopJiora 

 Bupestris. In the former, the branches are set on the 

 stem at an acute angle ; here they are very nearly at 

 right angles, with minute branchlets between the larger 

 ones. The deep sea casts this np on the Irish coast 

 so abundantly that it has been carted away as manure, 

 whereas it -is very rare in England, and again more 

 plentiful in Guernsey, where I have found it often in 

 Zoster a beds at low tide. 



Cladophoea Aecta. — About half-tide level to 

 low-water mark, and most abundant in the spring and 

 summer, we find very dark glassy-green tufts attached 

 to the rocks, with silvery, silky tips, glistening in the 

 water. Take it by all means: it adheres well to 

 paper, and long retains its beauty. 



