Fig. 207. PHYLLOPHORA BRODIiEI. 



Colour. A bright^ cleai% pinky-red. 



Substance. Delicately membranaceous^ but rigid. Stems elastic. 



Character of Frond. Cylindrical stems becoming flat and narrow wedge- 

 shaped^ or oblong, upwards; forked or simple; throwing out frondlets 

 from their upper margin. Frondlets at first cylindrical; soon ex- 

 panding into oblong or wedge-shape; simple or forked, throwing out 

 secondary frondlets from their tips. This second set throwing out a 

 third in the same way, and so on. 



Measurement. From 1 to 8 inches long. 



Fructification. Of two kinds. 1. A mass of spores in globose capsules, 

 sessile on the tips of the frondlets. 2. Tetraspores formed in waHs, 

 of nearly the same size as the capsules, but stalked. 



Habitat. Eastern coast of Scotland. Belfast Bay. On rocks in the sea. 

 Rare. 



For another Phyllopliora, see Plate L. Fig. 228, to which the smaller form in 

 the present figure (207) refers. Pliyllo'pliora palmettoidcs is a subdivision of plants 

 which were once classed together under P. Brodioei; and the dark sorus here 

 figured is peculiar to P. pahnetfoides. 



Fig. 208. FURCELLARTA FASTIGIATA. 



Colour. Brownish-purple; often nearly black when picked up, and becoming 

 so on drying. 



Substance. Solid; strong; opaque; elastic, but fleshy. 



Character of Frond. Cylindrical, smooth; repeatedly forked, from a short 

 taper stem; thicker above than below; the forkings long and narrow, 

 all the angles of branching [axils) being acute. Root a mass of 

 fibres. Fruiting in winter. 



Measurement. From 6 to 12 inches long. 



Fructification. Of two kinds. 1. Masses of spores [favellm) imbedded in the 

 swollen upper forkings. 2. Tetraspores deeply imbedded in the same. 



Habitat. Our coasts generally. On rocks within tide-marks. Common. 



When in fruit the upper divisions are swollen into a lanceolate pod-like form ; 

 somewhat flattened in shape. 



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