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previously admitted in botanical works. But in spite of all this, 

 there are still some few species of which it is doubtful, whether 

 they have any right to belong to the Færoese algæ- flora ^ 



Of the 215 species (compare p. 773) found at the Færoes, 6 spe- 

 cies besides a few new varieties and forms have been described as 

 new; there are moreover an Ectocarpus spec. and a Hypheothrix 

 spec, of which no statement could be given with certainty because 

 of defective material, and which therefore by closer examination may 

 possibly be referred to species already known, and lastly, Lyng- 

 by e's Palmella adnata which I think may be referred to the genus 

 Pleiirococciis , as I have examined Lyngby e's old material, but 

 cannot determine any closer. In the comparison I leave these 

 3 species out of consideration^. 



As to the 6 new species, it is hardly probable, however, that 

 they should be endemic at the Færoes; the 5 species: Dermocarpa 

 Farlowii, Hijella endophytica, Myrionema færoense, and M. speciosum 

 together with Phæostroma parasiticum are small forms, that are 

 easily overlooked ; one of them, Myrionema færoense has besides al- 

 ready been found at Iceland, and according to what Dr. Borne t 

 reports (cf. my flora, 8, page 523) Dermocarpa Farlowii is found in 

 Japan and must therefore be supposed to be widely spread. Lami- 

 naria færoensis, on the other hånd, is a tall plant, quite the tallest 

 found on the Færoese coast. On one side it is connected with the 

 Greenland — North-American Laminaria longicruris, and on the other 

 side closely with Laminaria saccharina; it has already been found 

 at Iceland, but it is rather doubtful if it is to be found on 

 other European coasts, as it has not already been found there; 

 still it is of course not impossible. The bottoms of the fjords in 

 northern Norway would most naturally be the piaces to look 



* Of such species I need only mention: Phijllophora membranifoUa. of which 

 I have only seen a small fragment which had been found by Ostenfeld in a 

 plaice-net on board the cruiser »Ingolf« in Trangisvaagfjord; as the ship had, how- 

 ever, just come from the Sound, and as there had most likely been some fishing 

 there, it is very probable, that this fragment had been left in the net and thus 

 carried on. Another species which only doubtfully belongs to the Færoes is 

 Chætopteris plumosa; in Rostrups herbarium we find good specimens sent to 

 him by Mr. Randropp of Thorshavn, but as this alga was never found by other 

 investigators, we have a right to doubt wiiether these specimens really belong to 

 the Færoes. 



* The Chilionema spec, mentioned in my flora (8, page 427), must, I think, as 

 mentioned above, be referred to Chilionema reptans. 



