CORALLINE VEK.E JAPONIC^. 33 



lu'xagoiialibu.s, truiicatis vel .scutilormibus subco.stato-clcviitis, piniiu- 

 laruiii brevibu« subcylindraceis siirsiiin atteimatis ; conceptaculis 

 coinpressis sessilibus in apice pinnariuii pinnularumque iniDiersis, veJ 

 «aepe brevissiiiie pediinciilatis. 



It is C()m])aratively small plant, measuring o-5 cm. in height. 

 The main articuli are evidently ribbed on the ventral surfaces and 

 measure 1. mm. in tlie maximum breadth, with iiearly equal length. 

 The c<)nce]itacles are either sessil when they are inserted in the 

 ])innae, or with short compressed peduncles when they take places of 

 the ])innules. They are rather compressed, and two or three are often 

 found in one pinna having the as})ect of those of Cheilosporum 

 latissimuni. (;fr. PI. II û<r. K!. 



At low tide mark : Hakodate. 



13, Corallina kaifuensis, sp. nov. 



Pi. [11. fig. li) : PL VIL fig. 19. 



Fronde irregulariter dichotonie ramosa ; ramis pinnatis, circum- 

 s(;riptione rhomb(jidalibus, jjinnis sursum sensim brevioribus ; articuJis 

 inferioribus snbteretibus, ramiferis truncatis vel clav;itis subcompressis, 

 pinnarum tenuioribus cylindraceis vel linearibus ; conceptaculis 

 terminalibus ]najoril)us obovatis pedunculatis. 



The fr<)nd measures 2-r) cm. in height with the axial and the 

 apical articuli somewhat <;om])i-essed. Those of the pinnae are 

 generally cylindrical and thin, measuring 0.5-0.7Ö mm. in length. 

 Ojnceptacle is found at the top of the terminal articulus ef each 

 pinnule. 



At low tide mark : Ivaifu. 



