CHYLOCLADIA. 



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is not very large, as it seldom exceeds nine or ten 

 inches in height; but if examined through a 

 microscope, it might be enlarged to any con- 

 venient size. 



The name of this plant is rather a long one, but 

 very appropriate, Chylocladia articulata, i. e. the 

 ^^jointed juice-branch." See plate a, fig. 1. 



It may be found adhering to rocks, or some- 

 times parasitically depending on some of the 

 larger algse, and really does resemble a jointed 

 series of transparent bottles filled with claret or 

 other red wine. The colour is remarkably delicate 

 and beautiful, but is rather apt to fade after a 

 time ; when it is preserved, dried, and pressed, the 

 gelatinous juice that filled the interior disappears, 

 and the plant can be flattened until it hardly 

 presents any thickness, even to the touch. There 

 is now before me a dried specimen of another 

 species of chylocladia, which adheres so firmly to 

 the paper on which it is laid, and is so delicate 

 in substance, that several persons to whom I 

 have shown it have mistaken it for a well- 

 executed drawing. 



If now the reader will refer to plate c, fig. 1, 

 he will there see depicted one of the most 

 remarkable of the algse ; remarkable in itself, 

 and for the great battles which have been fought 



