. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . the frond during July and August; dingy purplein color. The plant is variable and sometimes is difficult to determine. Itis common from Cape Cod southward. A narrow variety is most abun-dant in Long Island Sound. In Florida and on the California coast thereare broad varieties which may be mistaken for Bhodymenia. (PlateXXI.) GENUS Hypnea H. mnsciformis (moss-like). Frond six to twelve inches long;main stem, running through, thick below and tapering to the size of abristle ; mu
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . the frond during July and August; dingy purplein color. The plant is variable and sometimes is difficult to determine. Itis common from Cape Cod southward. A narrow variety is most abun-dant in Long Island Sound. In Florida and on the California coast thereare broad varieties which may be mistaken for Bhodymenia. (PlateXXI.) GENUS Hypnea H. mnsciformis (moss-like). Frond six to twelve inches long;main stem, running through, thick below and tapering to the size of abristle ; much and irregularly branched, especially at the base; brancheswide-spreading in every direction, and longest at the base; branchesbranch again in the same manner; all parts beset with short, horizontalspines; color purplish-red. A characteristic feature, by which the plantcan easily be distinguished, is that the ends of the long branches arenaked and are turned over like a hook, or nearly twisted. It is foundwashed ashore, often in large, intricately twisted tufts, from Cape Codsouthward and on the Pacific
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