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Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 3. Nr. 1. 



Some few other dried specimens I have also with some 

 doubt referred to this species; but having had only dried and 

 scanty material I shall not enter upon a description of them. In 

 this connection I also want to point out that it is possible that 

 some of these belong to L. leprosa J. Ag. How far this species 

 is anything else than a form of L. pulverulenta I am not able to 



Fig 92 Liagora pulverulenta C. Ag. From Lime Tree Bay. a, basal part 

 of assimilating filament (comp. the text, p. 82). h, assimilatmg filament. 

 c assimilating filaments ended with long hairs, d, part of assimilating fila- 

 ' ment with carpogonial branch, e, antheridia. (a. c, d, about 140 : 1 ; 



6, GO: 1; e, 170:1.) 



decide. I am strongly inclined to think that the anatomical dif- 

 ferences between the two species mentioned by J. Agardh, are 

 merely accidental. During a visit to Lund I had opportunity to 

 examine the specimens in J. Agardh's Herbarium and have not 

 been able to confirm his observations. In a paper: "Notes on the 

 species of Liagora and Galaxaura of central Pacific" Butters has 



