approaches, is the E. crinitus of Carmichael, a little-known plant,
haidng a very similar mode of branching and general habit; but
differing in its greener colour, larger size, and more especially in
the form of its fruit, and in the locality in which it is found.
Ectocarpus pusilluffl has not, that I am aware, been noticed
anywhere save on the south coast of England, but it is one of
those unobtrusive plants, if I may so call them, which, unless
closely looked for, are easily over-looked; and as it has few
beauties to recommend it to the mere gatherer of “ pretty things,”
it may often be neglected as not worth notice, or as being some
other plant in an imperfect state. It is no easy matter, at all
times, to recognize the different Ectocarpi by the naked eye, and
this accounts for so many species of this genus being passed over
by persons who are unaccustomed to the microscope.
.It! Fig. 1. E otooaepus pu s il lu s ; growing on OoraUina
natural size. 2. Portion of a filament, in fru it;—
the same:— more
2. Portion of
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