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and in Li. Maho Bay in about 20 meters. Var. elegans, St. Jan: America Hill in 

 about 30 meters and in Lt. Maho Bay in about 20 meters. 



Geogr. D i St rib. The West Indies, Indian Ocean, Pacific. 



Fig. 21. Caulerpa capressoides (Vahl) Ag. 

 The leaf to the left most like var. elegans, the others like var. flabellata. 

 In deep water off America Hill (St. Jan). (About 'l> : 1.) 



9. Caulerpa racemosa (Forsk.) Weber van Bosse. 



Weber van Bosse, Monographie, p. 357. 



Fucus racemosus Forskål, Flora Ægypt.-Arab., p. 191. 



var. clavifera (Turner) Weber van Bosse, 1. c. p. 361. 

 f. redncta n. f. A small dwarflike form. 



The rhizomes are often scarcely a millimeter broad and downwards bear 

 richly ramified rhizoids, upwards few and scattered, often a centimeter high shoots 

 with few and often rather irregularly shaped, sometimes cylindrical ramuli; only 

 seldom has it normal ramuli swollen at the apex. 



