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somewhat more ramified and the ramuli also a little shorter. As 

 to the locality, at Hastings, from where the most beautiful spec- 

 imens originate, M"'' Vickers gives a rather complete description 

 in the introduction to her paper. From this it is evident that the 

 plant has been growing in rather shallow water and further in 



Fig. 116. Cauler'pa cupressoicles (Vahl) Ag. 



The leaf to the left most like var. elegans, the others like var. flabellata. 



In deep water off America Hill (St. Jan.) (About 1 : 1). 



perfectly quiet water. Whether the water has been clear or not, 

 or whether the plant has grown in more or less shadow from the 

 rocks or stones we do not know. I do not think there has been 

 any great difference between this locality and the growing place in 

 the lagoons where I found var. plumarioides, and some of M"® 

 Vickers' specimens show also a considerable resemblance to the 

 broadest specimens from the lagoons and form in this way a tran- 

 sition to the specimens of var. elegans I have found in deep water 



