Plate XIV. 



Figs. 1-7. Sargafismu con/?isum An. 



1. Basai part of a plant with a young ])ranch. 



2. Middle portion of a principal branch with fonr lateral hranches, 

 the fnlcrant leaves of which have drop[)ed off, 



3. Basal jiart of a lateral branch with its fulcrant leaf remaining 

 attached. 



4. Basal part of a plant destitute of the broad basal leaves. 



5. Lower portion of a well-developed plant with a sterile branch. 

 In this plant all the vesicles were aristated. 



6. A fertile lateral branch in the middle part of a principal brancli ; 

 from the same frond shown in the preceding figure. The lower 

 end marked with x is to be connected to the point with the same 

 mark in fig. 5 with some intermediate space between. 



7. Fertile ramulets from the upper space of a lateral. 

 Figs. 8-12. Sargassum confusum f. valida (J. Ag.) 



8. Basal part of a well-developed fertile plant with sterile young 

 branches and with middle portion of a branch of a more advanced 

 stage. 



9. A typical basal leaf. 



10. A fertile ramulet from the upper i)art of the branch which is 

 marked in fig. 8 with x . 



11. A lateral branch with sev(>ral fertile ramulets. 



12. A fertile ramulet from a well-dev(doped plant. 

 Figs. 13-14. Sargassum Miyahei. 



13. A middle sized principal branch, showing basal portion of the 

 plant. 



14. Apical portion (if a branch with well-developed receptacular 

 ramulets. 



