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one specimen — the one from Hawaii distributed as Neomeris dume- 

 tosa by Miss Tilden in American Algae, no. 443. No. 668 of 

 the Phycotheca Boreali-Americana (St. Thomas, B'drgesen, Jan. 

 1 896) distributed as Neomeris dumetosa has, in the two copies seen, 

 the characters of N. annulata. The original description of Neo- 

 meris dumetosa, as given by Lamouroux, with its " bulles conoides 

 ou pediculees, se touchant entre elles tant elles sont nombreuses, 

 mais sans etre coalescentes," combined with Cramer's redescription 

 of the original material (collected in the Antilles by Richard) can 

 leave little doubt as to what Neomeris dumetosa really is. The 

 type of Neomeris annulata came from Mauritius, where it was col- 

 lected by Colonel Nicolas Pike. The species is not represented 

 in Colonel Pike's herbarium, now in the possession of the New 

 York Botanical Garden, but Count Solms has seen * the original 

 material preserved in the British Museum and his figures drawn 

 from Mauritius specimens would apply very well to the specimens 

 from Bermuda, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas, alluded to above. 

 Solms-Laubach refers Porto Rican material to this species, using 

 the name Neomeris annulata, and Cramer refers to the same both 

 Porto Rican and Bermudian specimens, preferring, however, the 

 name Neomeris Kelleri. 



Cystoseira Mykica (Gmel.) Ag. 

 Gregory Town, Eleuthera. 



LlAGORA ANNULATA J. Ag. 



Gregory Town, Eleuthera. 



Somewhat resembling Liagora valida in habit, but clearly dis- 

 tinct—firmer, beautifully annulate from near the base to the par- 

 tially calcified apices ; the apices are rounded-obtuse in fluid-pre- 

 served material, but often become attenuate-acuminate on drying. 

 The annulations appear to be due to unequal calcification in well- 

 defined alternating zones. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



* Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, n : 6l. 1893 



