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an nur um zu zeigen, dass die Aufblähung der Eippe oder Stiel — 

 was eigentlich dasselbe ist— keinen irgend welchen specifischen 

 Werth erhalten kann." It is to be regretted that he has not seen 

 the specimens of the North Pacific Alaria in the Herbarium of 

 the Academy of Science of Petrograd. 



Locality. Augustine Bay, Dall Island (Fkye) ; Wrangell Nar- 

 rows (Saunders, Setchell and Gardner) ; Douglas (Jeune, Set- 

 chell) ; Juneau (Saunders) ; Glacier Bay (Saunders) ; Yakutat 

 Bay (Saunders) ; Prince William Sound (Saunders) ; Cook's Inlet 

 (Saunders, Kigg) : Kukak Bay (Saunders) ; Kadiak Island (Postels 

 and Euprecht, Saunders, Setchell) ; Bay of Unalaska (Postels 

 and Ruprecht, Setchell) ; Kyska Island (Townsend and Setchell) ; 

 Bering Island (Kjellman) ; Kurilo Islands(!) ; Kushiro, Yesso (Miya- 

 f>e)(!) ; Kitami Prov., Yesso (Mlyabe) ; Sakhalin (Herb. A.C.S.=-=). 



Alaria niacroptera (Rufe.) nov. nom. 

 (Plate II, figs. 1-5.) 



= Phasganon macrojyterum Rupr. : ïaiige des ocli. Meeres, p. 353. 



= Alaria maarophylla ]\Iiyabe : Lam. of Hokkaido, p. 56, PI. 25. 



= Alaria corrugata Miy^abe : Lam. of Hokkaido, p. 55, PL 24. 



= Alaria esculenta latifolia P. et R. : 111. Alg. p. 11. PI. XVII. 



= Alaria esculenta pinnatifida P. et R. : 111. Alg. p. 11. p.p. 



= Alaria marginata P. et R. ? in Herb Acad. Petropol. 

 2=Alaria laticosta Saunders (non Kjellm.) : Harr. Alaska Ex- 

 ped. Algae, p. 425, PI. LV. 



= Phasganon alatum var. latifoUum Rupr. : in Herb. Aead. Petro- 

 pol. 2^-P- 



= Phasganon longlpes Rupe. : ïange des och. Meeres, p. 353. 



Definition of the species. Root, holdfast of dendritic ramifica- 

 tion ; blade linear lanceolate, 3.0-4.5 meters in length, 25-30 cm. 



Agricultural College, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo. 



