i i \ \< i i . L81 



Haiti is used by the inhabitants of Japan as an ingredient 

 in their Boups, much as macaroni is employed with us. 



332. compressa {The compressed Enteromorpha) \ fronds elon- 

 gated, branched, cylindrical or Bub-compressed : t be branches 

 simple, or nearly bo, i<»nL r , obtuse, much attenuated a1 

 base, Qrev.Alg. Britp. L80. tab. is. A.TLAB, PL L\\. 

 I 330.) 



Solenia compressa, Aa. Fistularia compressa, Orev. Ulva 

 compressa, Linn. Qea compressa, Gaill. Bcytosiphon 

 compressus, Lyngb. Conferva compressa, A'o///. 

 // //>. On rocks, stones, and woodwork in tin- &ea between 1 tide- 

 marks, in estuaries, etc. Annual. Vegetates al all seasons. 

 Tins plant is dispersed almost over the whole explored 

 ocean, having been brough.1 from nearly every shore ex- 

 cept those few Antarctic coasts where nothing marine ve- 

 getates save Diatomacece. I have never seen a collection 

 of Algffl, of any extent, from any part of the world, which 

 did not contain specimens of Enteromorjpha compressa. 

 Though always recognizable by the character of its 

 branches tapering toward the base, it puts on a multitude 

 of aspects according to the situation in which it grows. 

 Near high-water mark it forms a short, shaggy pile of 

 slender fronds, spreading over rocks and stones, and most 

 treacherous to the stepping ofunwary feet, being pre-emi- 

 nently slippery. A little lower down, in the rock-pools, 

 it has the appearanc of the varieties figured in the * Phy- 

 cologia;' and where fresh-water streams flow into tl 

 it becomes broader, with inflated tubes, and often of great 

 length. Other varieties occur on floating timber, on piles 

 exposed to the tide, and on the vertical walls of quays in 

 tidal rivers; in fact, in nine cases out often, when such 



objects are seen clad in green, the appearance is caused by 



the presence of this specie-. 



333. Linkiana (Link's Enteromorpha) j "fronds cylindrical, 

 tubular, filiform, reticulated, pellucid, el' a very pale green 

 colour, membranaceous (rigid when dry), much branched; 

 branches attenuate,' 1 Chrev^fe, Ala. Briton, p. 182. (Vila-, 

 PL IA.V Kg. 331.) • 



Hob. Between tide-marks. Annual. Summer. 



1 prefer copying the above description from Dr. Grre- 

 ville's work, because my knowledge of this speci 

 form) is limited to a Bingle specimen collected by Captain 

 Carmichael, ami n<>\\ preserved in the Dublin University 



