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The branches have a beaded appearance from the 

 abundance of the wart-hke fructification which 

 clothes their surface. Colour, a yellow or oKve 

 brown. Substance cartilaginous, but dissolving 

 into jelly if left in fresh water for any time. 

 Grows on rocks and algae near low-water mark. 

 Annual. Summer. Frequent on the shores of 

 England and Ireland. Jersey. 



STILOPHORA LYNGBYEI.-LYNGBYE'S 

 STILOPHOEA. 



Fronds at first tubular, afterwards distended^^ 

 from two to four feet in length ; branches forked, 

 spreading with rounded axils tapering towards 

 the tips. Spots of spores arranged in transverse 

 lines. When first taken out of the water, the sub- 

 stance is crisp and Jfragile, but soon becomes soft, 

 and then adheres firmly to paper in drying. 

 Colour an olive brown or foxy hue, greenish olive 

 when dry. Grows in four to ten fathom water. 



