306 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



abundant in May. Filaments densely tufted, very 

 slender, two to four inches long. When dry, the 

 colour is sometimes a pale green, sometimes darker, 

 and the filaments preserve a slight gloss. Its 

 peculiarly glaucous colour, when fresh, joined to 

 the slenderness of the filaments, and the imiform 

 length of the articulations in all parts of the stem, 

 are characters by which it may be easily known. 



C. falcata. Grows at the bottoms of clear 

 rock-pools, near low water-mark. Annual. Sum- 

 mer. Rocks outside Dingle harbour, Kerry. Jersey. 

 '' Filaments densely tufted, three to four inches 

 long, thicker than human hair, nearly equal 

 throughout, much branched ; the branches curved 

 and twisted; the lesser divisions and ramuli fre- 

 quently incurved, arching, or strongly hooked 

 inwards; the whole plant crisp and squarrose. 

 Colour a peculiarly rich glossy green. Substance 

 rigid, adhering to paper in drying," 



(7. Gattyce, Growing probably on rocks near 

 low water, but the locaHty is uncertain. — Phyc. 

 Brit., PI. 355 B. This is a doubtful species found 



