Eig. 35. PADINA PAVONIA. 



Colour. Olive-green shaded with rust-colour; striped witli lines across; some 

 of these fringed with orange-coloured hairs; others dark. Outer surface 

 powdered with white. 



Substance. Leathery and opaque below; above, delicately membranaceous 

 and transjDarent. 



CJuiractcr of Frond. A fan -like, semi-circular expansion; ribless; entire or 

 slit into segments; each becoming fan-shaped in time. Margins rolled 

 backwards; sometimes fringed with hairs. When young, growing in 

 a curled, rolled-up manner (see figure). When old, expanded. Root 

 woolly. 



Measurement. From 2 to 5 or 6 inches hio*h. 



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Fructificaiioii. Minute seeds (spores) on the upper surface of the frond, lying 

 in bands across it; in fact, forming the darher striped lines described 

 above. 



IldJAtat. Southern shores of England. On rocks in shallow tide-pools at 

 half-tide level. Rare. 



A beautiful plant, supposed to resemble an outspread peacock's tail. The 

 iridescent tints which its liiios frinsjed with hairs give out in the water, assist 

 this idea, suggested originally by its shape. 



Fig. 36. TAONIA ATOMAEIA. 



Colour. Brownish olive, varied with green and rust tints; striped with lines 

 across. 



Suhstance. Thin; transparent; membranaceous. 



Character of Frond. A flat expansion, deeply slit into many segments; 

 several from a base. General outline rather fan -like; segments wedge- 

 shaped. Tips blunt. 



Measurement. From 3 to 12 inches long. Width of segments very irregular. 



Fructification. Minute seeds [spores) on both surfaces of the frond; some 

 forming waved lines across; some scattered irregularly between. 



Habitat. East and South of England. Frith of Forth. South of Ireland. 

 On rocks between tide-marks. Rare. 



