104 Vol. XLIIL, Art. l.-K. Yendo : 



they are far from satisfying. Some of them are indeed difficult 

 to separate from what J. Agakdh calls A. grandlfolia. Others (for 

 example. No. 2111), though not fully matured, are hardly speci- 

 fically distinct from A. temiifoUa. 



Setchell and Gardner^) in their joint work amalgamated A. 

 frag His Saunders with A. Pylail Grev. The author of the species'^) 

 notes that it " differs essentially from the description of A. Pylaii 

 Orev. in having a long stipe and the sporophylls few and distinct." 

 But what he points out as the peculiarities of his species are 

 nothing but those of A. Pylaii Grev. The author also quotes 

 Kjellman's view on his plant, viz., " Dr. Kjellman compares this 

 plant to Harvey's specimen labelled A, Pylaii Grev. fi-om Van- 

 couver Island, but he agrees that Harvey's specimen is distinct 

 from A. Pylaii of the Atlantic and Polar Seas and is an undescrib- 

 ed species." But as above stated, Harvey's specimen does not 

 give any support to this view. It is to be stated here that the 

 description and figure of tlie species by Saunders are to a great 

 extent applicable to A. elliptica Kjellm. The latter species is in 

 my opinion the same as A. dolichorhachi>< Kjellm. and identical 

 with what J. Agardh labelled A. musœfolia J. Ag. from the Spitz- 

 bergen collection. Some of its forms resemble in a certain degree 

 A. grandifolia J. Ag. and to A. Pylaii Grev. as well. 



The synonymization of A. esculenta var. latifolia Fare, in the 

 list above given is wholly on the authority of Setchell' s view in 

 Phyc. Bor.-Amer., No. XCIV. 



Locality. North-west coast of Europe ; Fa3röese Islands (BÖR- 

 oesen), Beeren Island (Kjellman), Trömsö (Kjellman), Finmarken 

 (Kjellman) : Greenland ; Hekla Havn (Eosen venge), Smalsund 



i-.: 1) Setchell and Gaedneb : Alg. N. W. Amer., p. 278. 

 2) Saundees : Hnrr. Alaska Exped., Algae, p. 425. 



