in great abundance. It forms extensive banks, on
fronds are heaped together without order, and appear to be kept
¿ r drifting merely by their weight. The specimens at the
top of the banks are alone living ; those underneath as nmy he
at once knoivn by their faded colour and offensive smell,
l ^ r f l d dead. In the West of Ireland, where thi^pecies
abounds, it has been used as manure with success bei g 1
ticidarlv suited to a peaty soil ; hut, as it requires to be dredged
Î S w i h t a n d lh J depth at which it vegetates preventing
its being drifted in quantity ashore,— the full use is no
bv the neasantry wliich its value would seem to call tor. 1
J , teteicte wbere lime is a consideiaUe qimntilj
: , e o L n . d b y h a m m g f c p l . u Ç j
dantlv employed on the shores of Bantry Bay, owes its fertüiz g
p Î t a t o L remaims et Cellepmes and c t t e aoei*,les, ot
whose débris it chiefly consists.
Fio- 1 . M e l o b e s i a c a l c a r e a : the
to show the internal structure
frond is composed-.— highly '
size. 3. Portion of a branch, cut
3. Cells of which the