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plerumque terminalibus paniculatis ; perigonil tubo obconico, lobis 

 ovatis ; drupa ovoideo-globosa (baud semi-pollicari), putamine la^vius- 

 culo. — Oahu and Hawaii. 



Var. LATiFOHtor : arboresccns ; foliis magis coriaceis brevius petio- 

 latis late ovatis ovabbus vel subrotundis ; cyma densiflora. — S. pani- 

 culatum, Hook. S^ Ai'n., Bot. Beech. Voi/. p. 94. — Craters of Hawaii 

 and Maui. 



2. Santaluii ellipticum ( Gaudich.) : foliis cbartacels ellipticis 

 oblongis seu ovali-obovatis, petioli gracili ; cymis paniculisve sa?pius 

 axillaribus ; perigonii tubo brevi, lobis ovatis ; fructu S. Freycinetiani. 



3. Santaltjji ptrularium ( Gray in Bot. ExpL Exped. vied.) : foliis 

 subcoriaceis oblongis supra lucidis venulosis subtus glaucis, petiole 

 gracili ; cymis sa?pius axillaribus ; perigonii tubo cylindraceo, lobis 

 oblongis ; drupa pyriformi (cum pedicello incrassato pollicari), puta- 

 mine valde ruminato-rimoso. — Kauai, Sandwich Islands. 



Professor Gray also communicated a paper (read by title 

 at the Annual Meeting), being, — 



Characters of Neiu Alg'cc, chiefly from Japan and Adjacent 

 Regions, collected by Charles Wright in the North Pacific 

 Exploring Expedition under Captain John Rodgers. Com- 

 municated by Request of the Commander of the Expe- 

 dition. By Professor William H. Harvey, of Dublin 

 University. 



1. Sargassum (Schizophtlla) PiNXATiFiDuar : caule comprcsso 

 disticlie pinnato, pinnis e margine egredientibus ; phyllodiis linearibus 

 profunde pinnatifidis, laciniis paucis (2 - 4) costatis argute serratis vel 

 foliorum superiorum integris; vesiculis ellipsoideis folio sa^pe bipartite 

 serrato coronatis ; receptaculis longissime laxeque racemosis cylindra- 

 ceis inermibus. 



Loo Cboo Islands. 



2. Sargasso: (HoLornrLLA) filicixum: : caule filiformi longis- 

 simo (basi ignoto) ; ramis sa^pius secundis ; foliis longe petiolatis lineari- 

 oblongis tenuibus profunde pinnatifidis, laciniis alternis linearibus trun- 

 catis apice bi-tridentatis ; vesiculis spba^ricis folio pinnatifido coronatis ; 

 receptaculis siliqua?formibus apice ramulorum solitariis. 



East coast of Japan. 



