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Torquay and other places along the south and 

 west of England. Dr. Harvey, in his interesting 

 little work, the ^^ Seaside Book/' says :— " This 

 charming plant is only known with us on the south 

 coast of England, where it occurs in many places ; 

 but it is one of the commonest shore plants of the 

 tropical sea, and also fringes the margin of the 

 Mediterranean. It is an annual, appearing with the 

 early summer, and fading before the autumn sets in. 

 When growing, its fan-shaped fronds are rolled up 

 into cups, while the delicate fibres with which they 

 are bordered, and which form concentric bands on 

 their surface, decompose the rays of light, and 

 reflect the most beautiful glaucous and prismatic 

 tints." 



ZONARIA. 



Named from a zone or girdle. 



Roots coated with woolly fibres. Frond flat, 

 fan-shaped, entire or variously cleft, marked with 



