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rally five at each node, a large one on the anterior side of 

 the ramulus, two smaller ones on the posterior side. The 

 remaining two are still smaller, and are intermediate in posi- 

 tion on either side between the large one and the two smaller 

 ones. They are difficult to distinguish until the specimen has 

 been decolourized. 



127. Ceramium apiculatum, J. Ag., Epicr., p. 105. (C. can- 



ccllatum : Fl. Nov.-Zel., p. 265.) (Vide also Anal. 

 Algol., cont. ii., p. 20.) 

 On various parts of the coast (common) : Lyall ; Colenso ; 

 Davies ; Chapman. Lyall Bay and Tauranga : Berggren. 



128. Ceramium' rubrum. Fl. Nov.-Zel., p. 256. 



Brighton (Otago), Lyttelton(?) : B.M.L. Bluff, Owaka 

 Beach, Green Island, St. Clair : J. G. S. 



According to Harvey many varieties of this plant are 

 abundant throughout the Islands. It does not seem to me 

 that this is the case, and so I give a list of the localities at 

 which I have obtained apparently authentic specimens of it. 

 Further examination will probably show that the name has 

 been used as a cover for several species. 



129. Ceramium divergens, J. Ag., Anal. Algol., cont. ii., p. 27. 

 New Zealand: (Agardh. No locality given). 



130. Ceramium nobile, J. Ag., Anal. Algol., cont. ii., p. 41. 

 Brighton (Otago) : B. M. L. St. Clair : /. C. S. 



131. Ceramium gracillimum, Harv., Phyc. Brit., tab. 206. 



(J. Ag., Epicr., p. 95; also Anal. Algol., cont. ii., 



p. 43.) 

 Major Reinbold has kindly identified this plant for me 

 from specimens forwarded to him and collected by myself 

 at Lyall' s Bay and in the neighbourhood of Wellington 

 (Petone). The species is perhaps the same as C. byssoideum 

 (Harv., Ner. Bor. Amer., ii., p. 218). 



132. Ceramium miniatum(?), (Suhr) J. Ag., Epicr., p. 105. 



To this species Agardh somewhat doubtfully refers speci- 

 mens collected by myself and Mr. Crosby Smith in Otago 

 Harbour. 



133. Microcladia pinnata, J. Ag., Anal. Algol., cont. iv., 



p. 34. 

 Brighton (Otago) : J. C. S. ; B. M. L. 



134. Microcladia novce-zelandice, J. Ag., Anal. Algol., cont. iv., 



p. 35. 



This is almost certainly M . coulteri of Professor Harvey 



Gibson (Journ. of Bot., 1893, p. 161). It is very common 



from Lyttelton southwards, and it is strange that it has not 



been noted by any of the earlier collectors. This species 



