28 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



SPOROCHNUS. 



Name a seed^ and wool^ because tufts of fibres accompany 

 the fructification. 



Frond filiform^ solid. Fructification lateral, 

 crested, stalked receptacles, terminated by a slender 

 tuft of deciduous filaments. 



SPOROCHNUS PEDUNCULATUS. — SLEN- 

 DER SPOROCHNUS. 



'^ Stem from six to eighteen inches long", filiform, 

 quite simple, set throughout its length with long, 

 slender patent, mostly alternate branches. Colour 

 yellowish, and semi-transparent." Grows in deep 

 water, and near low mark. Annual. Summer. 

 Eastern and southern shores of England; not 

 uncommon. Falmouth, very rarely. Miss Warren. 

 Anglesea. Jersey. Killiney, Dublin Bay. Belfast 

 Bay. Malahide. Bantry Bay, and Roundstone 

 Bay. Cunnemara, Ireland. At Preston Pans, 

 Frith of Forth, Scotland. 



