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on stones or on the stems of the larger algae, and 

 in deep water. Summer. Portland Head. Sid- 

 mouth. Yarmouth. Dover. Coasts of Sussex and 

 Dorset. Torbay. Tenby. On the Irish coasts at 

 Larne, near Belfast. Howth. Kingstown. Bal- 

 briggan. Western Islands of Scotland. Staffa, 

 Ardrossan. Frith of Forth. Orkney Islands, 



LAMINARIA FASCIA. — SMALL TUFTED 

 LAMINARIA. 



Stem very short ; fronds either broadly oblong, 

 wedge-shaped, or lanceolate, from four to twelve 

 inches long, of a delicate membranaceous substance 

 and olive-yellow hue. Grows on sand-covered 

 rocks and stones near low water-mark. Annual. 

 Summer. North of Ireland. Larne. Antrim 

 Coasi. Carrickfergus. Malahide. Western Islands 

 of Scotland, and Saltcoats, Ayrshire. On the 

 English shores at Sidmouth, Torbay, Plymouth, 

 Falmouth, St. Michael's Mount, plentiful. The 



