242 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



the structure of the frond when examined under 

 the microscope appears very similar to Ceramium. 

 Grows on other algae. Very rare. Annual. Pro- 

 ducing fruit in September and October. South of 

 England and east coast of Ireland. Budleigh 

 Salterton. Exmouth, " thrown up from deep 

 water in December, with tetraspores, very luxu- 

 riant and robust, also much darker than in the 

 summer state/' Mrs. Gulson. Torquay, Mrs. Grif- 

 fiths. Teignmouth. Mount Edgecumbe. Ply- 

 mouth, Rev. W. S. Hore. Gwyllyn-vase Bay, 

 Falmouth, " local, but at times plentiful," Miss 

 Warren. Bray, Co. Wicklow. Kingstown. 



CERAMIUM. 



Name meaning o, 'pitcher. 



Frond filiform, one-tubed, articulated. '' The dis- 

 sepiments coated with a stratum of coloured cellules 

 which sometimes extend over the surface of the 

 articulation." Fructijication : 1. roundish /av^Zte, 



