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The first specimens found in this country are those which are figured 

 and described in Phyc. Brit, from specimens found on the shores of 

 Jersey by Miss Turner, who found the erect or secondary fronds only. 

 They are said to have been quite fresh when picked up, and it is pre- 

 sumed they may have been brought up from the deep water in the 

 Channel. This is now confirmed. For some years back, our zealoiis 

 friend, Mr. Girdlestone of Jersey, has found each season several specimens 

 of this interesting plant. He writes in answer to our inquiries: — "The 

 Zonaria I have found from about the middle of April till the end of 

 June, always floating in the water, of a saucer-like shape, and looking 

 something like the outer skin of a small onion. It is never attached to 

 anything, and I have always found it in St. Catherine's Bay, at very 

 low tide." It is pleasant thus to have securely fixed a good species to 

 our British list. The specimens now before us are very much like those 

 figured in Phyc. Brit. 



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ZONARIA COLLARIS. 



EXPLANATION OF DISSECTIONS, &c. 



Fig. 1. — Zonaria collaris, natural size. 

 2. — Margin with fringe. 

 3. — Same. Both magnified. 



