.'516 University of California Puhli cations. [botany 



above and, consequently, often persists after the npjjer parts are 

 worn away. It is fairly common in various localities in Pnget 

 Sound, for one of us (N.L.G.) has found it on the Washington 

 side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, near Port Townsend, and on 

 San Juan Island. We have collected specimens which we are 

 inclined to refer to this form on the Californian coast near 

 San Francisco and near Monterey. These more southern forms 

 l)roliferate more commonly than the northern forms. This form 

 is known as "Dulse" to manj^ people in the Puget Sound region 

 and is collected, particularly by the Canadian residents, in some 

 quantity, and used as a relish. 



Rhodymenia palmata f. Sarniensis (Mertens) J. Agardh. 



On rocks, forming a zone in the middle litoral zone. Karlnk, 

 Kadiak Island, Alaska, ir.A.A^., No. 5065!; Uyak Bay, Kadiak 

 Islaud, Alaska, ir.A.AS'. and A.A.L., No. 5076!, and in Collins, 

 Holden and Setchell, P. B.-A., No. 935!; St. Paul, Kadiak 

 Island, Alaska, ir..4.*S'. and A.A.L., No. 5144!; Orca, Alaska, 

 W.A.S. and A.A.L., No. 5166! 



The plants placed under this form are ver}^ distinct from the 

 preceding forms of this species, but intergrade with them. It is 

 near to f. soholifera (Fl. Dan.) J. Agardh, which, if distinct from 

 this, may possibly be found among the plants referred here. 



Rhodymenia Palmetta (Esper) Greville. 



Strait of Juan de Fuca, B. C, Harvfij (1862, p. 171). 

 Known to us only from this reference. 



Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) (Ireville. 



Reported as growing in 14 fathoms of water in the Strait of 

 Juan de Fuca, on the British Columbia side, by Harvey (1862, 

 p. 171), with some doubt as to the determination. 



Lomentaria ovalis f. subarticulata (Turner) Harvey. 



Nootka Sound, B. C, Menzies (Turner, 1809, p. 24, pi. 81, 

 \xn({eY Fumis oralis \Av. sulxiHiciiJiifiis) ; Tracyton, Kitsap County, 

 Wash., Tilden, No. 214!, under L. ovalis var. Conlteri; East 

 Sound, Orcas Island, Wash., X. L. G.l 



Apparently a rare plant in our territory. 



