conspicuous feature in the marine Flora, its densely tufted 

 succulent fronds being then of a dark-red colour, and pro- 

 duced in the greatest abundance. Two months lat 

 aspect i- completely chans - at multitudes of the 

 fronds have perished, and mose that remain arc faded in 

 colour, with attenuated and more compound ramuli By 

 the end of August the plant has almost entirely disap- 

 peared. 



143. kaliformis (The whorled Chyloofadia) ; frond subgelati- 

 nous, tubular, pyramidal; main Btem simple, distended, 

 tanily constricted ; branches opposite or whorled, repeatedly 

 compound; ramuli monilitorm ; capsules spherical, with a 

 pellucid border, Hook. llr. Fl. v. 2. p. 597. (A, 



PL XXXII. Pig. 1 b'», and PI XXXTV. Fig. 151.) 

 Lomentaria kaliformis, Gaill. Gastridiuin kaliforme, Lyngb. 

 Chondria kaliformis, A<j. Gigartina kaliformis, Lemumr. 

 Fucus kaliformis, (;<><><?. and Woodw. F. rerticillatus, J. 



Lomentaria patens, Ktz. Lomentaria squarrosa, Kfz. 

 Hah. On rocks and stones in the sea, between tide-mar 



in from four to lift ecu fathoms water. Annual. Spring 



and summer. 

 A well-known plant, common to most of the shores of 

 Europe, and found growing at various depths from about 

 hall-tide level to some fathoms below low-water mark. 

 Like most species which have a wide range of climate, and 

 which grow at various depths, sometimes on rock, some- 

 times on sand, and sometimes on the stems of other Algee, 

 It is subject to very great variations both in size and in the 

 minor details of its branching. 



111. reflexa {The r< flexed Chylocladia) ; frond membrar 



purple ; Lower branches cylindrical, blender, arched, attach- 

 big themselves by short ramuli tipped with discs ; secondary 

 branches simple, mostly secund, moniliform, spindle-shaped ; 

 ramuli few, scattered, patent or recurred, Lenorm, De$m. PL 

 Crypt No. 865. (Atlas, PL XXXI. Pig. U 

 L o ment ar ia reflexa, Chamv. L. pygmssa, Dubg. 



North coast of Devon. On rocks in the sea near low- 

 water mark. Annual. Summer. Very rare. 



B species, this is. perhaps, more nearly allied 

 kaliformis than to C. panmia, although at first sight it 

 looks more like the latter. its slender main branches, 

 and the remarkable discdike processes by which they at- 

 tach themselves at intervals, taken with the small size. 



irregular branching, and Less gelatinous nature, offer its 



