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(Ex Herb, Asa Gray in Crypt, Herb. Harvard Univ, !). It seems per- 

 fcctly possible, then, that Andersofiiella Farlozvii may be found in 

 other regularly issued copies of this distribution. D.r Anderson also 

 distributed duplicates from bis collection with the printed labels of 

 the Alg. Exs. Ani. Bor., and this has been a source of confusion in 

 the case of certain numbers. 



The four slides in the Schmitz collection, prepared from no. 28 

 of the Alg. Exs. Am. Bor., represent the plant distributed under 

 no. 700 of Ihe Phyc. Bor.-Af/i. mentioned above as being the Lepto- 

 cladia Binghamiae of J. G. Ag. They are not labellet Andersojiiella 

 by Schmitz but « Farloiviella ». They agree, however, with Schmitz's 

 description of his Andersoniella Farlowìi and it seems extremely 

 probable that Schmitz finding Farlowiella preoccupied, changed the 

 name in his manuscript, vvithout changing the designation on his 

 slides. 



The name for the Californian plant must be Leptocladia Bingha- 

 miae J. Ag., and it seem as certain as may be made possible that 

 the later Andersoniella Farlowìi Schmitz is the same plant. It is 

 not uncommon on the coast ot Southern California (San Diego Mrs. 

 M-. S. Snyderì, Will Wright!, II. HenipìiilH, Miss Minnie Reed !; San 

 Fedro, A. J. Me Clatchie!, Mrs. S. C. Purdy,!, W. A. Se/che//!; 

 Ventura, Mr. Temiey!; Santa Barbara, Mrs. Bingham, Dr. and Mrs. 

 L. N. Dimmick!); and it extends up to Santa Crux [Dr. C. L. An- 

 derson!, Dr. W. G. Farlow !). Both cystocarpic and tetrasporic plants 

 bave been found. 



Oss. - Dell'unico esemplare (frammentario e cistocarpifero) da 

 me conosciuto, fu già trattato al n. 541 del presente Saggio sotto la 

 denominazione di Alide rsonieìla Farlovoìi Schmitz. 



a. Andersoniella Farlowii Schm. (xmmo Leptocladia Binghamiae J. 

 Ag.) - San Diego di California, Igt. Snyder! 



771. Leptocladia conforta Setchell, Algae novae et minus cognitae, 



May 29, 1912, Piate 3c. 



Di questa sua nuova specie l'autore ci dà la seguente diagnosi: 

 « L. fronde gregaria, erecta, e disco radicali i5-2o cm. alta, atro 



rubra, cartilaginea, angusta, complanata, crassa, subdichotomo-ramosa. 



ramis elongatis ubique ramulis proliferis confertis et fasciculatis apud 



