264 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



site or secund, minute. Favellse stalked, roundish, 

 with whorled ramuli. Colour rose-red, soon given 

 out in fresh water. Substance soft, adhering closely 

 to paper. Grows on perpendicular rocks near low 

 water-mark. Annual. Summer. Frequent on the 

 south coasts of England. Var. piliferay at Tor- 

 quay. West of Ireland. Belfast Bay. Rare in 

 Scotland. Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Miss M. Lands- 

 borough. 



SEIROSPORA. 



Name meaning a chain and a $eed. 



" Frond rosy, filamentous ; stem articulated, one- 

 tubed; the articulations traversed by jointed fila- 

 ments; branches jointed. Fructification: l.favellce 

 (unknown) ; 2. oval tetraspores, disposed in termi- 

 nal, moniliform strings." — Harv, 



