24<8 BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. [Bkoclospermece. 



mentions it only as a varietyj and I know that Dr. Greville 

 regards it in the same liglit. It has been dredged by Mrs. 

 Balfour in Arran. We have got it growing on Fucus ser- 

 ■rat us. It is cast out by the tide in great abundance on 

 the shore of Holy Isle, Arran, and occasionally on the 

 Ayrshire coast. 



Genus LXX. STEXOGRAMME, Ilarv. 



Gen. Char. Frond rose-red, leaf-like, nerveless, laciniate, 

 cellular; the central cells large, transparent, in several rows, 

 those next the surface minute, coloured, closely packed. Fnic- 

 tification linear, convex, longitudinal. The name is from two 

 Greek words, signifying a narrow line, — alluding to the Unear 

 fructification. — Harvey. 



1. Stenogramme interrupta, Agardh. 



Dashed up from deep water. Annual. November. Very 

 rare. Bovcsand and Plymouth, Dr. John Cocks. Mine- 

 head, Somerset, Miss GifFord. Mount Edgecombe, Rev. 

 W. S. Hore, to whose kindness I am indebted for fine spe- 

 cimens of it. Colour a fine, clear, pinky red, resembling 

 much Hhodjmenia Palmetta in external appearance. 



