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CHONDRUS NOEVEGICUS.— EED 

 CHONDRUS. 



From two to tlu^ee inches iig'h; flat and forked, 

 tlie tips of the segments rounded. Nemathecia, 

 wart-Hke fruit, common, large, and very conspicuous 

 on the segments. Colour a deep red — substance 

 stiff and thickish. The specific of this plant ap- 

 pears to be very inapplicable to it, for there is a 

 doubt whether it be known at all on the coasts of 

 Norway, and it is chiefly confined on our shores 

 to the south of England and Ireland, where it 

 is not common. Grows on the rocks near low 

 water-mark. September to March. Dover. Coast 

 of Sussex. Exmouth. Plymouth. Falmouth Bay, 

 " local, and but seldom met with.'' Miss Warren. 

 Mount's Bay. Swansea. Minehead, Somerset, 

 cast ashore occasionally, I. G. Saltcoats, Ayrshire -, 

 Dr. Landsborough, Antrim. Wicklow. Youghal. 

 Bantry. Miltown Malbay. 



