128 Vol. XLIII., Art. 1.— K. Yendo: 



taken in Illiistr. Alg. is quite ambiguous q\ob. when we try to 

 draw a definite conception from the original specimens. I choose 

 therefore to take the specific name proposed by Kjellman to the 

 present plant. Postels and Kupeecht refer Laminaria esculenta 

 tœniata De la Pyl to their forma, but this forma has been referred 

 by many algologists to A. esculenta Grev. 



Kjellman relates (1. c, p. 37) that he collected only one speci- 

 men of this species, cast ashore on Bering Island. The species, 

 however, as already supposed by Kjellman, seems fairly common 

 in the northwestern Pacific as it is often found along tlie Kurile 

 Islands as far southwest as Hidaka Province -in Hokkaido. As 

 stated by Kjellman, the plant, especially when sterile, considerab- 

 ly resembles the Atlantic species A. esculenta. The sporophylls, 

 however, are strictly limited to a short length of the stipe, 40-50 

 sporophylls aggregated within 6-8 mm. on each side. The same 

 writer remarks also that this species stands nearest to A. fistulosa. 

 He mentioned the shapes of the midribs as the reason. This, 

 liowever, appears to me quite opinionate as has been already 

 pointed out on p. 78. 



In Fertilizer Eesources of the United States, p. 162, Setchell 

 has provisionally combined A. angusta and A. crispa Kjellm. with 

 the present species. As Setchell states in it, all these three species 

 have not been seen since the original collection. In our collections 

 the material is ample enough to conclude that A. tceniata Kjellm. 

 is a good and distinct species. It stands quite near the preceding 

 species as already stated, but the present plant has invariably 

 small sporophylls of lanceolate shape with acute or tapering apex. 

 Locality. Bering Island (Kjellman) ; Kushiro Province (K. 

 Wada, Herb. S.A.C.), Hidaka Province (K. Miyabe, Herb. S.A.C.), 

 Hokkaido. 



