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from both surfaces) with distichous, horizontal ramuli, 2-15 mm. 

 long, placed close to each other, nearly cylindrical, either filiform 

 or slightly thickened upwards and simple or branched ; some fronds 

 are quite free from them. Cystocarps terminal on short, simple 

 or branched, ciliary processes closely set on both sides of branches ; 

 cystocarpic fronds are furnished with such short processes only. 

 Colour brownish-red, turning to almost black in drying. Substance 

 cartilaginous and the plant does not adhere to paper in drying. 



Hab. : eastern and western coasts of of Kabafuto (Saghalien) ; 

 Isls. Shimushu, Urupp and Etrofu ; Urakawa (Prov. Hidaka), 

 Akkeshi and Hamanaka (Prov. Kushiro), Otaru. Cystocarps : June. 



PL. CXXI-CXXII. PI. CXXI and CXXII Fig. 1-2 different 

 forms ot sterile fronds of Tichocarpus crinitus (Gmel.) Rupr., in nat. 

 size. Fig. 3 : portion of the cystocarpic frond, \. 



PL. CXXIII, Fig. i-8. Fig. 1: upper portion of the sterile 

 and much branched frond of Tichocarpus crinitus (Gmel.) Rupr., 

 \. Fig. 2 : cross-section of the ramulus, ~. Fig. 3 : cross-section 

 of the lower portion of frond, 1 1 . Fig. 4 : portion of the longi- 

 tudinal section of the frond ip. Fig, 5 : portion of the cross- 

 section of frond, J -J . Fig. 6 : cystocarps, j. Fig. 7 : longitudinal 

 section of the cystocarp, ^f. Fig. Q : sporic-filaments, L J . 



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