103 



/. 



Only two specimens have been gathered, the one, my collec- 

 tion no. 1915, is after the determination of Mr. & Mrs. Gepp 

 quite typical, the other one, a small specimen, my collection 

 no 2101 b, approaches the forma palmettoidea. 



It is found in deep water about 30 — -40 meters and growing 

 upon loose, sandy bottom. 



St. Thomas: The »Challenger« Expedition, 5 — 16 fathoms, (in Herb. 

 Kew). St. Jan: Off Cruz Bay, off America HiU. 



Geogr. Distrib. Bahama, Danish West Indies. 



4. Udotea occidentalis A. & E. S. Gepp. 



A. & E. S. Gepp, The Codiaceae of the Siboga Expedition, Monographie 

 LXII, 1911, p. 127, figs. 18, 22 a, 22 b, 63—65. 



This species is nearly re- - -r-'^v. 



lated to Ud. argentea from the ^^^^;"' 



Indian and Pacific Oceans but 

 as pointed out by Mr. & Mrs. 

 Gepp different from it in 

 several regards. 



It seems to be a very 

 seldom plant. In spite of my 

 many dredgings only three 

 specimens have been gathered. 

 They are all complete with 

 stalk and a much lobed flabel- 

 lum. One of the specimens is 

 pictured in the monograph 

 of Mr. & Mrs. Gepp, pi. VII, 

 fig. 64. The accompanying 

 figure (Fig. 84) shows another 

 specimen. 



It was found in deep sea 

 only at about 30 — 40 meters depth, where it was growing upon 

 sandy bottom. It has only been gathered in the sea round St. 

 Thomas and St. Jan. 



St. Thomas: »ChalIenger« Expedition, 5 — 15 fathoms in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.; St. Jan: Off America Hill, off Cruz Bay. 



Geogr. Distrib. This species has hitherto only been found in the 

 Danish West Indies. 





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Fig. 84. 



Udotea occidentalis A. & E. S. Gepp. 



Habit of plant (my collection Nr. 2101 a). 



(About 1:1). 



5. Udotea vcrticillosa A. c*c E. S. Gepp. 



in Journal of Botany, vol.47, 1909, p. 269; The Codiaceae of the Siboga 

 Expedition, Monographie LXII, p. 128, figs. 16, 19, 23, 25 b, 25 c. 



