128 COMMON SEAWEEDS. 



miwni or Conferva, but removed from both tribes by its 

 fructification. Observe the knots or warts which 

 roughen the stem and give it a peculiar beaded ap- 

 pearance. These warts are full of jointed filaments 

 and oblong olive-coloured spores. If we leave this 

 any time in water, it quite spoils and turns to a jelly. 

 Frequently found on the south coast of England, and 

 in Jersey. 



ASPEEOCOCCUS. 



(Name signifying " rough seed.' - ) 



This will look like a mass of green Viva until it is 

 floated out, when the long yellow-green tapering frond 

 shows large oblong dots covering both sides of the 

 frond, which will decide its name. There are three 



species. 



Aspeeococces Compresses. — Fronds pale yellow 

 or olive green; hollow swollen tubes tapering to a 

 point at the stem. Thrown up after storms. 



Aspeeococces Teeneir. — Large, puffy, green 

 fronds, swollen and contracted at intervals, with very 

 small spots, and found between the tide-levels on 

 stones and in muddy bays. This is a very good species 

 for the herbarium. 



Aspeeococces Echinates. — Long, thin, greenish 

 or olive brown fronds, sometimes twenty inches long, 

 but also in little two or three-inch plants, when they 



