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The limitation of the prCvScnt species may be [)ut under a 

 discussion. I)i-: Toni'^ doubted it as a variet}' of C. aerea KiJTZ. 

 Collins'"' actually mentioned it as a forma of the latter : and 

 BoKGESEN^' accepted it. 



Locality. Uzen Prov. (T. Hikida); ?Japan (Textok,*Sukin- 

 gak); ?Formosa (Wakijurg, Heydkich). 



Distribution. Atlantic coast of middle Europe ; Mediter- 

 ranean Sea; North American coast, from Nova Scotia to West 

 Indies. 



Spathoglossum Solierii Kutz. 



Phyc. Germ. p. 340.— Id : Spec. Alg. p. 560.— Id.: Tab. Phyc. 

 IX, Taf. 46, fig. II.— HoHENACK.: Mecresalgen, No. 115 — J. Ac: 

 Till Alg. System. V, p. 113.— Id.: Anal. Alg. Cont. I, p. 37.— Ardiss-: 

 Phyc. Med. I, p. 484.— De Toni : Syll. Alg. Ill, p. 248. 

 (for a list of synonyraes, see : De Toni, I.e.) 



It is interesting to find the present species on our coast. 

 The plant is unrivalled among the member of Spathoglossum 

 in its softness of frond. 



Loealitj\ Kisami, Izu Prov (!) 



Distribution. Mediterranean Sea ; Atlantic coast of France. 



Spathoglossum variabile Fig. et De Not. 



Alg. Mar. Ross. Fig. IV.— Zanard.: Plant. Mar. Rub. p. 38.- 

 J. Ag.: Till Alg. System. II, p. 113.— Id.: Anal. Alg. Cont. I, p. 30. 

 — De Toni : Syll. Alg. Ill, p. 247.— Weber van bosse : Liste des 

 Alg. du Siboga. I, p. 181. 



= Sp. luhricum Fig. et De Not: I.e., fig. 8.— Kutz.: Tab. Phyc. 



IX, Taf. 48. 



I have not seen any original or authentic specimen of the 

 present species. The determination is wholly based upon the 

 single specimen kept under that name in the Agardhian Her- 

 barium. When sterile, the frond resembles in its outward 

 appearance to a narrow form of Dictyota naevosa Suhk, but 



1) De Toni : Syll. Alg. I. p. 273. 



2) Collins: Green Alg. of North Amer. p. 325. 



8) BoKGKSEN Mar. Alg. ul' Dan. W. Indies, Part I, Chlorophyt. p. IS. 



