Bibliographical Notices. 189 



of Her Majesty's ships ; and the general approbation of the scientific 

 world will we hope cause similar applications of small portions of 

 the public money in future. 



AlgcB HiberniccB. By Wm. M*^Calla, Associate of the Edinburgh 

 Botanical Society. Vol. I. Dublin, S. B. Oldham, 8 Suffolk 

 Street, 1845. 



Under this title Mr. M'Calla has just published a very handsome 

 volume in large-sized quarto, price 1/., containing beautifully pre- 

 served specimens of fifty different species of Irish Algae ; and pro- 

 poses in future similar volumes to edit the remainder of our species, 

 as well freshwater as marine. The volume is bound in strong boards 

 covered with purple grained cloth, and the specimens are fixed on 

 peculiarly stout and thick paper, so that they may be turned over 

 with great facility and without danger of injury. Those in the pre- 

 sent volume have been collected chiefly in Roundstone Bay, county 

 Galway, a locality well known to science by Mr. M*=Calla's very 

 numerous zoological and botanical discoveries, and are as follows : — 



1. Griffithsia multifida, Ag, 26. Ulva bullosa, Roth. 



2. corallina, Ag. 27. Conferva vectangularis, G. 



3. Callithamnion plumula, Lyngh. 28. Hutchinsise, Dill, 



4, pedicellatum, Ag. 29. _ Kaneana, M^'C. 



5. Hookeri, Ag. 30. Fucus balticus, Ag, 



G. corymbosum, Ag. 31. Mackaii, 2\rn. 



7. . tetragonum, Ag. 32. Gigartina Griffithsiae. 



8. Arbuscula, Ag. 33. Lyngbya majuscula, Harv. 



9. Daviesii, Ag. 34. Schizonema quadripunctatum. 



10. polyspermum, Ag. 3f). Chylocladia clavellosa, Hook. 



11. byssoides, Arri, 36. Rhodomenia bifida, Grev. 



12. Delesseria ruscifolia, Lx. 37. Porphyra vulgaris, Ag. 



13. Hypoglossum, Lx. 38. Ralfsia deusta, Grev. 



14. Berkeleya fragilis, Grev. 39. Haliseris polypodioides, Ag. 



15. Chaetophoi-a tuberculosa. Hook. 40. Helminthocladia virescens. 



16. Gloiosiphonia capillavis, Carm. 41. Griffithsiana. 



17. Nitophyllum punctatum, Grev. 42. Rivularia nitida, Ag. 



18. Striaria attenuata, Grev. 43. Ceramium ? 



19. Batrachospevmum atrum, //. 44. Polysiphonia byssoides, Gr. 



20. moniliforme, Ag. 45. violacea, Grev. 



21. vagum, Ag. 46. Bryopsis hypnoides, Lx. 



22. Diisya Arbuscula, Ag. 47. Sporochnus rhizodes, Ag. 



23. Mesogloia multifida, Ag. 48. Laurencia obtusa, Lx. 



24. Gelidium corneum, Lx. 49. Enteromorpha intestinalis, Lk, 



25. Ulva crispa, Lighif. 50. Bangia fuscopurpurea. 



Several in this list are of great rarity, and others very local. 

 Among the first we may mention Gloiosiphonia capillaris (of which 

 Mr. M^^Calla's specimens are the finest we have ever seen), Striaria 

 attenuata, Batrachospermum atrum, Conferva rectangularis, Haliseris 

 polypodioides, Helminthocladia Griffithsiana and Bryopsis hypnoides 

 (very fine) ; and among the latter, Callithamnion pedicellatum, C. Ar- 

 buscula, Berkeleya fragilis, Dasya Arbuscula, Conferva Hutchinsice^ 

 Fucus balticus and Fucus Mackaii. Besides these rarities there is 

 one entirely new species. Conferva Kaneana, M*=C., a delicately beau- 



