I::i8 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



with distichous, awl-shaped, alternate cilia. Frxic- 

 ti/ication. Ceramidia^ containing" a tuft of pear- 

 shaped spores. Tetraspores unknown. 



BONNEMAISONIA ASPARAGOIDES. — AS- 

 PARAGUS-LIKE BONNEMAISONIA. 



From four to twelve inches high, with slender 

 main stem and opposite or alternate branches, regu- 

 larly set throughout with two rows of alternate 

 hair-like cilia ^ these in var. /3 teres are much 

 lengthened, and the branches are rounded, llie 

 capsules are borne on short stalks opposite to the 

 cilia j they are small roundish bodies, about the 

 size of a pin's point ^ but thoug-h small are clearly 

 visible to the naked eye. " Colour a fine trans- 

 parent crimson, darker in those from the west of 

 Ireland, and in them becoming darker in drying, 

 while in those from the east of Ireland and south 

 of England the colour fades considerably in drying." 

 Substance soft and flaccid. Grows on rocks near 



