THE MARINE BOTANIST. Q3. 



ASPEROCOCCUS COMPRESSUS.— 

 FLATTENED ASPEROCOCCUS. 



Fronds from six to eighteen inches long*, of an 

 olive or yellow-green colour, narrow, tapering near 

 the base into a small stem. Fructification, large 

 oblong dots, covering both surfaces of the frond. 

 Thrown up from deep water. Rare. Annual. 

 Summer. Southern coast of England. Sidmouth. 

 Torquay. Falmouth Harbour, " very rarely," Miss 

 Warren. Long Rock, in Mount's Bay, near 

 Penzance. 



ASPEROCOCCUS TURNERI.— TURNER'S 

 ASPEROCOCCUS. 



Fronds large, from eight inches to as much as 

 six feet in length, and from half an inch to six 

 inches in diameter, of a pale yellow-green colour, 

 inflated at intervals and then contracted. Fructi- 

 fication densely scattered over the frond in very 



