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by a few longitudinal threads. Fructification. 

 1. Ceramidiay containing a very dense tuft of 

 angnilar spores ; 2. Triparted tetraspores immersed 

 in the ramuli. 



CHRYSYMENIA CLAVELLOSA.— STONE- 

 CROP CHRYSYMENIA. 



Branches either alternate or opposite, spreading 

 and bearing small narrow ramuli. From three to 

 twelve inches high, and much branched in a pin- 

 nate manner. Colour, pale pink ; sometimes, in ill- 

 coloured specimens, of a brownish hue. Substance, 

 soft and slippery, adhering very closely to paper. 

 Var. (i sedifolius has the ramuli between oblong 

 and oval in shape, much crowded and undivided. 

 Grows on stones and algse between tide-marks. 

 Annual. May to September. Found at various 

 places on the coasts of England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland, but nowhere very common, ^sedifolius 

 at Lossiemouth. Falmouth Harbour, Miss Warren. 



