THE AMATEUE^S SYNOPSIS. 



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Gristly. 



Stalked; spreading fan-wise above; many times forked CnoNDRUS XVIIT 



„ narrow ; repeatedly forked ; tips blunt ; dark red Gymnogongrus XVIII 

 „ „ channelled; spreading upwards into 



wedge-shaped divisions; purple .... Gigartina XVIII 

 Narrow stems and branches tapering to both ends, tips 



of hrsLnchleieens blunt ..... Gelidium XII 

 Shrubby; much branched; upper branches set with 



short, sharp, horizontally set hYa,nchletee Jis . Sph^rococcus XI 



CYLINDRICAL (thread-sliaped) , BBANCIIED. 

 — — unjointed. 

 Gristly. 



Dark; solid; repeatedly and regularly forked; root a disc Poltides XIII 



„ „ „ last forkings long; root fibrous Fuecellaeia XVIII 

 Irregularly, forked, beset with clusters of small, oval, 



one7nhramceoiis leaflets Lomentaeia VIII 



Purplish; wiry; closely forked; entangled . . Gymnogongeus XVIII 

 „ ,, distantly and irregularly branched; 



entangled Ahneeldtia XVIII 



Branches strongly curved, and pointed; branchlets few Gigaetina XVIII 



Simple; or sparingly forked; branches simple; short . Coedtlecladta XVI 

 Irregularly, often slightly, branched ; branches tapering 



to each end Geacilaeia XI 



Very bushy; often but irregularly rebranched; tips 



pointed Cystoclonium XVIII 



The thickness of hogs' bristles throughout; forked or 



three forked; tips swollen .... Gelidium XII 



Membranaceous and Gelatinous. 



Pale pink; repeatedly forked; tips blunt; occasionally 



midribbed Scinaia XV 



Dull purple; solid within; irregularly forked; clumsy Nemaleois" XV 



„ tubular; stems undivided; branches long, 



simple, tapering to each end .... Dumontia XVIII 



Purple red; solid within; stems undivided; branches 



long, simple, tapering to each end . . . HelmtnthocladiaXV 



Fleshy; sometimes compressed; branched and re- 

 branched with short blunt branchlets . . Laueencia VIII 



Slender; generally, undivided stems, set with long 



branches, clothed with very short branchlets . Chondeia VII 



