182 CAMPANULARIID^E. 



organs, but left the question of specific distinctness un- 

 touched. In 1836, Loven. published an account of the 

 female, accompanied by admirable figures, which is of the 

 highest value ; but he wrongly referred it to the Campanu- 

 laria geniculata. Schultze, in turn, investigated its his- 

 tory, adopting LoveVs name for it. At a later period, 

 Dr. Strethill Wright recognized its claims to specific rank, 

 and gave a detailed account of its reproduction, but re- 

 tained for it the name of Laomedea dichotoma, which be- 

 longs to another well-marked form. Alder suggested its 

 separation from Laomedea flexuosa, with which Allman 

 had at first identified it ; and the latter subsequently raised 

 it to specific and then to generic rank, and completed the 

 interpretation of its history. Few species have been pri- 

 vileged to receive the special attention of so many distin- 

 guished naturalists. 



G. Lovetii ordinarily grows in tree-like tufts, much and 

 irregularly branched, and attains a height of about half 

 an inch. Prof. Allman, however, mentions a large variety 

 which is three or four inches high, and forms " long, lax 

 tufts." 



In the absence of the capsule, the best distinctive mark 

 is to be found in the shape of the calycle, which is rather 

 deep and slender, contrasting strongly in this respect with 

 that of Campanularia flexuosa, perhaps its nearest ally, and 

 has in addition a denticulated rim. The teeth are small 

 and blunt, and very readily escape observation. 



The tentacles on the female sporosacs are well-developed 

 and vary in number; on the male they are smaller and 

 less numerous. 



Hab. On the fronds of the larger seaweeds at low- 

 water mark, and occasionally on stones, in tide-pools. 

 Brighton (Lister) : Dartmouth and Torquay, on Fucus ; 

 near Dunolly Castle, Oban, in profusion on weed and 



