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Sarcocladia crateriformis J. Ag. 



Epicris. p. 097— Id.: Dc Alg. Novae Zcl. p. 23, No. 190.— De 

 ToNi: Syll. Alg. IV. p. 426. 



The plant which I identify to this species is pretty common 

 on the Pacific coast of middle Japan. While yet young, the 

 frond expands prostrately on the substratum, attached to it 

 with a large umbilical root on the under surface. When taken 

 off from the substratum, the frond tends to roll \\\) down- 

 wards owing to its great elasticity. The radular pi^ocesses 

 (cystocarps?) as found in the original specimen at Lund, have 

 not been hitherto found in our material. The minute per- 

 foration, often verj' rich in a small specimen, is not a constant 

 character, being entireh' absent in some larger ones. 



Localit}'. Hiuga Prov.(!); Misaki, Sagami Prov.(!); Shima 

 Prov. (S. Narita, No. 23). 



Distribution. New Zeeland. 



Polysiphonia urceolata Grey. 



Ivd. p. 309.— Harv.: Manual, p. 95.— Id.: Pliyc. Brit. PI. 107.- 

 Id.: Ner. Bor. Anier. II, p. 32.— De Toni: Syil. Alg. IV, p. <S75. 

 Collins, Holden and Setch.: Phyc. Bor.-Anicr. No. 74S.— Setcti. 

 and Gakdn.: Alg. N. W. Amcr. p. 320.— Collins: Mar. Alg. 

 Vancouv. p. 119. 



= P. urceolata var. patens Harv.: Manual, p. 95. 

 (for other referrenccs, see: De Tom, I.e.). 



This species may not be called at all events new to our 

 country. A specimen collected by C. Wright at Hakodate 

 some half centur}' ago and identified by Harvey as P. urceo- 

 lata var. patens Harv. is found kept in the Herbarium of 

 the Trinity College, Dublin. Rut as it has never been reported 

 from Japan it will not be unnecessary to mention this species 

 from our collection. 



Harvey's specimen mentioned above has straight and rather 

 rigid fil.'imcnts, beset with subascending nlteinatc ramulcts in 



