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Helminthoclade^;. 

 Liagora valida, Harv. 



Liagora valida, Harv., Nereis Bor.-Am., ii. p. 138, t. 31, A. ; Dickie in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xiv. 

 p. 314. 



Bermudas. In shallows — Moseley ; Kemp ; Rein. 



Florida Keys. 



The plant named Liagora pulverulenta by Kemp may be the same as this. 



Galaxaura fastigiata, Dene. 



Galaxaura fastigiata, Dene. ; Kiitz., Sp. Alg., p. 530 ; Kein in Bericht Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch., 

 Frankf. am M., 1873, p. 152. 



Bermudas. Rein. 



Philippines. 



We include this entirely on Bein's authority, having seen only Cuming's specimens 

 from the Philippines. 



Galaxaura lapidescens, Lamour. 



Galaxaura lapidescens, Lamour., Polyp. Flex., p. 264 ; Kiitz., Sp. Alg., p. 530 ; Dickie in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Lond., xiv. p. 315. 



Bermudas. — From thirty fathoms — Moseley. 



Cape Verde and Canary Islands ; St Helena ; Florida ; Sandwich Islands ; Polynesia ; 

 Mauritius. 



Galaxaura rugosa, Lamour. 



Galaxaura rugosa, Lamour., Polyp. Flex., p. 263 ; Kiitz., Sp. Alg., p. 530 ; Dickie in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond., xiv. p. 315. 



Bermudas. — From shallows, and also from thirty-one fathoms — Moseley. 

 Cape Verde Islands ; West Indies ; Mauritius. 



Scinaia furcellata, Bivona. 



Scinaia furcellata, Bivona in L'Iride, Palermo, 1822, cum icone ; J. G. Agardh, Sp. Alg., ii. p. 422; 

 Harv., Nereis Bor.-Am., ii. p. 136; Dickie in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xiv. p. 315. 



Bermudas. — A solitary and imperfect specimen from thirty-one fathoms — Moseley. 



Widely diffused. 



