Plate VI. 
Fig. 21. SPOROCHNUS PEDUNCULATUS. ' 
Colour. When fresh, olive-brown ; on exposure, yellow-green ; its tufts when present, bright 
green. 
Substance. Membranaceous ; soft ; delicate. 
Character of Frond. A thread-like, long, simple stem, with long, slender, simple branches on 
each side. The whole frond crowded with very small, stalked receptacles. 
Measurement. From 6 to 18 inches long. 
Fnictification. Minute seeds {s'pores) in very small, stalked receptacles, borne on the branches ; 
each tipped with a crest of the finest, hair-like, bright green filaments, which fall oft 
as the plant advances in age. 
Habitat. Eastern and southern shores of England and Ireland ; not very uncommon. Frith 
of Forth, Bridlington, Isle of Man, Portrane, &c. 
Fig. 22. CARPOMITRA CABRERA. 
Colour. Delicate olive-green. 
Substance. When fresh, firm ; rather gristly. 
Character of Frond. Very narrow ; fiat ; obscurely midribbed ; branched. Branching forked 
{dichotomous')., but not quite regularly so. Occasionally contracted as if drawn in. 
Root woolly. 
Measurement. From 6 to 8 inches long. 
Fructification. Minute seeds {spores) in special receptacles at the tips of the branches. 
Habitat. South of England. Plymouth Sound. Ireland, Youghal, Co. Cork. Very rare. 
Thrown up from deep water. 
The receptacles are called mitre-shaped, but the resemblance is not startling. 
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