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marine plants had received the attention of an algologist 

 so skilled as Mr. Batters, it was to be expected that many 

 rarities would be collected and many additions made to 

 the preliminary list already published. The party utilised 

 every low tide occurring during their stay, and although 

 the tides were by no means very favourable, yet at least 

 150 species were collected, including: — Ascocijdus reptans, 

 Istlimoplea spJiferophorti, Si/mploca Juirve/ji, Ertocarpiis ferinin- 

 alis, Lamituiriahf/perhorea, Ijithophijllnm lenorm'indi, Fanctarla 

 tenn'/ssima Chantransia secnndata, Plujllophora trailUi, CalU- 

 thamnion grac'dlhnum and Dictjjota dirhofoma, var. hitricdta. 

 A form hitherto undescribed and formii>g the type of a 

 new genus was discovered by Mr. Batters encrusting the 

 sl^ems of Cladophora pellucida, and will be described by 

 Bornet and Batters under the name of Sclimitziella eiidoj}- 

 loea, n.sp. and n. gen. One of the richest localities on 

 the island is undoubtedly the deep gully on the north- 

 east side, and there, and in the deep rock pools on 

 the east Spit, the best finds were made. Altogether the 

 two days' work was productive of no less than '21 species 

 new to the district, of which one is new to science. 

 Mr. Gibson and Mr, Batters visited Hilbre Island in 

 July and examined the rocky parts of the Island. Their 

 chief finds were : — Sjdidcelaria radkans, Litosiphon pusdlus, 

 Prasiola stipdata, and several species of Cyanophycese. 



Mr. J. Vicars visited Puffin Island again this year for the 

 purpose of collecting land plants (see Appendix A. to last 

 year's report, p. 43). He chose Ins tim.e so as to be a 

 couple of months later in the year than on his previous 

 visit, but was not able to make any additions to the list. 



In a final visit to Puffin Island at the end of October, Mr. 

 Gibson found on the S.W. Spit, Rhodochorton niemhraiia- 

 ceinn, lUiodpnieida palmata, /'rasiola Ht/pitaid, and many 

 species already noted from Hilbre Island, and elsew^here, 



