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crisped edges ; membrane 20-25 )" thick ; cells seen superficially 

 parenchymatously united, chromatophore not filling the cell ; 

 cells angular, often arranged in twos, threes or fours ; in cross 

 section rounded, horizontally elongate, 15-18 /x high. Cell walls 

 persisting after emission of spores. Mass., R. I., Conn. 



Europe, 



A spring plant, nearly allied to M . Grevillei, but quite dis- 

 tinct in habit and texture. It has a thicker membrane, which 

 is also firmer and less lubricous. M '. Grcvillci forms at first a 

 globular or obovate sac, splitting into broad segments of indefi- 

 nite shape ; M. Lactuca at first is a longer sac, and divides into 

 long, sublinear laciniae, often with a tapering stipe-like base ; 

 when these laciniae are simple, the resemblance to Enteromorpha 

 linza is striking ; when they fork, which is often the case, the 

 resemblance to r /va fasciata is equally marked ; there are some 

 fronds with quite distinct palmate division of the laciniae. 



4. M. ARCTICUM Wittrock, 1866, p. 44, PL II, fig. 8 ; P. 

 B.-A., No. 910. Frond attached, at first saccate, soon splitting 

 into a few broad laciniae ; subradiately plicate, with crisped 

 margin ; pale green, becoming yellowish in drying ; membrane 

 25-45 /j. thick ; cells 4-6 angled, closely set, irregularly placed ; 

 in cross section either vertically or horizontally oval, 10-30 ^ 

 high. Greenland, Alaska. Northern Europe. 



A northern species, chiefly distinguished from M. Grcvillci by 

 the thicker frond, which is saccate only in the earliest stages 

 and afterwards appears as a rather broad membrane, not split 

 up into strips, as is usual in M. Grcvillci. M. saccodcuui Kjell- 

 man, 1883, p. 296, PL XXVIII, figs, i-io; M. cylindraccion 

 Kjellrnan, 1883, p. 295, PL XXX, and M. angicava Kjellman, 

 1883, p. 297, PL XXIX, seem to be forms of M. arcticnm. 



Var. intestiniforme (Rosenv.) nov. comb. ; M. Grevillei var. 

 intestiniforme Rosenvinge, 1893, p. 953, fig. 52. Frond tubular, 

 to 50 cm. long ; membrane 25-50 //.thick ; cells rounded, closely 

 set, vertically oval in cross section, 15-20^ high; usually ar- 

 ranged in more or less distinct series longitudinally. Green- 

 land. 



Resembles in habit M. Grevillei var. Vahlii, but in thickness 

 of membrane and size and shape of cells agrees with M. arcticuin ; 

 it is rather persistently tubular, and except by careful ex- 

 amination of its structure, is liable to be mistaken for Entero- 

 morpha intestinal is. 



