Algae. — Fungi. 347 



Flagelles sont peu nombreux; en juin-aoüt la noctiluque abonde; 

 on trouve aussi quelques Ceratium. Les cilies sont repressente 

 par plusieurs Tintinnopsis. E. De Wildeman. 



West, William and West, George Stephen, A contribution 

 to the Freshwater Algae of Ceylon. (Transactions of 

 the Linnean Society, London. 2. ser. Botany. Vol. VI. Part 3. 

 March 1902. p. 123—215. plates 17—22.) 



The authors record 395 species of fresh-water algae including 49 

 diatoms, collected in Ceylon by W. G. Free man. Other algae were 

 also observed in addition to those recorded, but they were too frag- 

 mentary to identify. The new species and varieties described here are 

 Bulbochaete minuta, B. spirogranulata, Oedogonium suboctangulare, var. 

 acutum of 0. spirale Hirn, 0. elegans, O. reticulatum, Herposteiron crassi- 

 setum, var. ceylanica of Trentepohlia Montis-Tabulae De Toni, Clado- 

 phora incurvata, Cylindrocystis pyratnidata, var. subcylindricum of Petitum 

 lanceolatum W. B. Turn., P. neterotaphridium, P. spirostriolatiforme, 

 Closterium subcompactum var. robustum of C. striolatum Ehrenb., C. 

 anastomosum, var. elongatum of C. Delpontii Wolle, C. pleurodermatum, 

 C. subpor rectum, C. validum, C. exiguum, var. tenue of Docidium manu- 

 brium West and G. S. West, Pleurotaenium doliforme, P. perlongum, var. 

 angustum of P. hypocymatium West and G. S. West, var. Borget of P. 

 Ehrenbergii De Bary, Euastrum dtdeltotdes, var. subjeuneri and ceylani- 

 cum of E. gnathophorum West and G. S. West, var. capitatum of E. 

 longicolle Nordst, var. comp actum of E. intermedium Cleve, E. Freemanii, 

 var. ceylanicum of E. spinulosum Delp., E. egregium, E. geometrtcum, E. 

 plesiocoralloides, E. pulcherrimum, E. fissum, var. tropicum of E. lobu- 

 latum Breb., E. basichondrum, E. ligatum, Micrasterias urniformis , Xan- 

 thidium Freemanii, var. ceylanicum of X. brevicorne W. B. Turn., X. cey- 

 lanicum, X. lepidum, X. quadridentatum, X. inconspicuum, Cosmarium 

 pseudoscenedesmus, var. depressum of C. tithophorum Nordst., C. bipaxil- 

 lum, var. ocellatum of C. Subreinshii Schmidle, var. productum of C. 

 Regnesii Reinsch, var. incrassatum of C. sulcatum Nordst., var. ellip- 

 soideum of C. pseudoconnatnm, var. elongatum of C. trachypolum, C. 

 dorsogranulatum, C. medioscrobiculatum, var. dentiferum of C. decoraium 

 West and G. S. West, C. pterophorum, C. biscrobiculatum, C. Freemanii, 

 C. spinuliferum, C. ceylanicum, Spondylosium compactum, var. ceylani- 

 cum of Staurastrum unicorne W. B. Turn., 5". Freemanii and a var. trique- 

 trum, var. diver gens of 5". alternans Breb., 5. giganteum, S. villosum, S. 

 heneratgodhense, var. insigne of S\ tohopehaligense Wolle, var. sub- 

 glabrum of 5\ sexangulare Rabenh., var. ceylanicum o\ S. zonatum Borg., 

 o. acanthastrum, S. ceylanicum, S. acestropliorum, var. ceylanicum of 5. 

 Cerastes Lund, «S. approximatum, S. triforcipatum , S. biordinatum, S. 

 subparvulum, S. columbeloides, S. indentatum, S. subsaltans, S. Sub- 

 manfeldtii with var. elegans, S. cyclacantlium, var. elegantulum of 5. 

 gracile Ralfs, 5. tauphorum, var. subglabrum of Onychonema uncinatum 

 G. C. Wall., var. pergranulatum of Sphacrozosma granulatum Roy and 

 Boiss., Desmidium Pseudostreptonema, var. tropicum of Rhaphidium 

 longissimum Schröd., Desmatractum plicatum, new genus and species, 

 foundet on a specimen unica, Hapalosiphon delicatulus, Cylindrospernnim 

 tropicum and Spirulina princeps. Ethel S. Barton. 



ARTHUR, J. C, The Uredineae Occurring upon Phragmites, 

 Spartina and Arundinaria in America. (Botanical Gazette. 

 XXXIV. 1902. p. 36—43. 



Upon the several species of Phragmites, Spartina and Arundinaria 

 there occur one species of Uromyces and six of Puccinia. The Puccinias 

 have been much confused heretofore. The writer distinguishes six diffe- 



