290 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



BRYOPSIS PLUMOSA.~FEATHERY 

 BRYOPSIS. 



Frond from one to four inches high, with scat- 

 tered branches, which are naked at base and closely 

 set in the upper part, with slender pinnated ramuli. 

 Substance slippery, adhering well to paper. Colour 

 a fine green. A very elegant and beautiful species, 

 not uncommon on rocks, &c. in tide-pools. Annual. 

 Summer and autumn. 



BRYOPSIS HYPNOIDES.— HYPNUM-LIKE 

 BRYOPSIS. 



Fronds densely tufted from two to six inches long or 

 more, very much branched 5 set with irregularly scat- 

 tered ramuh. Colour, " when growing, a peculiarly 

 rich green, " pale and a yellowish green when dry, 

 and the stems then look as if glazed, but the ramuli 

 do not. This is a more slender and irregular 



