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Nemalion? Andersonii, n. sp. frondibus congregates 

 lubrico - cartilagineis simplicibus vel sparse furcatis; ramis 

 pritnum subcompressis solidis demum cavis cylindraceis ad 

 6-8 pollicares altitudine, plerumque subaequalibus ramulis 

 dense cinctis; ramulis simplicibus vel furcatis; antberozoideis 

 ad cellulas externas fasciculatis; systpcarpiis ? — Santa Cruz. 

 Plocamium violaceuni ; n. sp. fronde anguste linean 

 ad 5-6 pollicares altitudine irregulariter pinnata; ramis 

 ecostatis praecipue ad apices flexuosis; pinnis alterne 2-4, 

 plerumque 3, pinna inferiori subuliformi saepe recurvata 

 pinnas superiores decomposite -pinnatas superante; sphaero- 

 sporis biseriatim ad 2-3 furcates apices ordinatis. Color 

 purpureus. — Santa Cruz. 



Kallymenia Caiifornica, n. sp. fronde carnosa 

 radiatim prolifera demum irregulariter fissa inferiori parte 

 costata; prolificationibus flabellilormibus in stipitem basi 

 attenuatis saepe phyllis marginalibus minutis fimbriatis; cysto- 

 carpiis in media fronde numerosis immersis. — Santa Cruz. 

 Prionitis? Clevelandii, n. sp. fronde coriacea sub- 

 stipitata repetite flabellatim prolifera inferiori parte subcostata 

 demum irreguiariter perforata-, prolificationibus a disco aut 

 intra marginem exeuntibus; cystocarpiis — ? — San Diego. 

 Nemastoma Caiifornica, n. sp. fronde gelatinosa 

 roseo -purpurea tereto - compressa basi alternata irregulariter 

 pinnata; pinnis pinnatis; pinnulis ultimis subuliformibus ; 

 cystocarpiis in corticali parte frondis numerosis. — Santa Cruz. 

 Cailithamnion Lejolisea, n. sp. fronde minuta 

 repente ad nodos Amphiroae parasitica; filis verticalibus 

 superne nudis in parte inferiore ramulosis; antheridiis ovalibus 

 ad ramos inferiores terminalibus ; cystocarpiis (favellis) ad 

 ramos inferiores terminalibus; sphaerosporis triangulatmi 

 divisis in ramulis lateralibus terminalibus. 



Kitophyllum spectabile, fronde subsessili, erecta, 

 maxima, ecostata atque ut videtur avenia, oblonga, profunde 

 pinnati-lobata; parte media duplo vel triplo latitudine lobo- 

 rum, saepe in lobum terminalem magnam producta; lob 13 

 laciniisve crebris, patulis, liguliformibus saepius integris, 

 nunc apice lobatis vel profundius partitis, margine vix undu- 

 lata, rarissime phylla minima obovata e margine vel e disco 

 emittentibus; soris et coccidiis per totam frondem creberrime 

 conspersis. Hab. ad Sanctam Crucem, California. 



It is the intention of the undersigned to issue a series 

 of Algae Exsiccatae which shall include the greater part ot 

 the marine species of the United States, as well as some 

 of the more interesting fresh water species. In order that 

 the rarer species may by represented in the series, tiie 



