348 Transactions. — Botany. 



I have a species of Nemalion from the Piangitoto Channel, 

 which may be the same. 



Order Chaetangieae. 



281. Chcetangium variolosum, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 539. 

 St. Clair : J. C. S. 



Identified by Professor Agardh from specimens sent Home 

 by Mr. Crosby Smith. 



282. Scinaia furcellata. Fl. Nov.-Zel. p. 245. (J. Ag., 



Epicr., p. 512 ) 

 Hokianga, Bay of Islands : Berggren. 



283. Apophlcea sinclairii, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 637. (Fl. Nov.- 



Zel., p. 244.) 



Bay of Islands, Mongonui, Whangaroa : B. M. L. 



I have also a fragment from one of the West Coast sounds 

 (Milford Sound, I think), given to me by Captain Hutton. 

 This would seem to point to a curiously discontinuous distri- 

 bution. 



284. Apojjhloea lyallii, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 538. 

 Preservation Harbour : Lyall. Bluff, Tauranga : Berg- 

 gren. Common along the east coast of Otago from the Bluff 

 to Seacliff : B. M. L. ; J. C. S. 



Order Gelideae. 



285. Gelidium longvpes, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 547. 

 Bay of Islands : Berggren. 



286. Getidium caulacantheum, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 548. (/ (J. 



corneum var. subuli folium : Fl. Nov.-Zel., p. 243.) 

 Tauranga, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Auckland : Berggren. 

 Taylor's Mistake, Wellington Harbour : B. M. L. 



287. Gelidium corneum, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 548. (Fl. Nov.- 



Zel., p. 243.) 



Hawke's Bay : Golenso. Banks Peninsula : Lyall. Bay 

 of Islands, Hokianga, Napier, Lyall Bay : Berggren. 

 Lyttelton, Lyall Bay : B. M. L. 



This cosmopolitan species has been subdivided by Bornet, 

 but in the absence of literature I am unable to determine 

 how the forms we have in New Zealand should be named. 



288. Pterocladia lucida. Fl. Nov.-Zel., p. 244. (J. Ag., 



Epicr., p. 545.) . 



Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Lyall Bay : Berggren. Com- 

 mon along the east coast from Kaikoura to Mongonui : 

 B. M. L. 



Another very variable plant, perhaps including several 

 species. 



