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paper. Grows on rocks and other alg'se. Annual. 

 June to September. Frequent on the coasts of 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland. 



CHYLOCLADIA REFLEXA.— ARCHED 

 CHYLOCLADIA. 



From two to three inches high, distinguished 

 from all other species by the small root-like pro- 

 cesses which arise from the curved lower branches ; 

 these are ftirnished at the tips with disks, by which 

 they adhere to smTounding objects. The secondary 

 branches mostly secund, simple, arising from the 

 upper side of the arched ones; ramuli few, scat- 

 tered, reg-ularly constricted into joints in the upper 

 branches, scarcely constricted in the lower ones. 

 Colour, a dull purple. Substance membranaceous, 

 adhering to paper. Grows on rocks near low- 

 water mark. Annual. Summer and Autumn. 

 Very rare. Discovered at Hagington, near Ilfi-a- 

 combe, by Miss Amelia Griffiths. " The Irish 

 station given in Phyc. Brit, is incorrect." In a 



