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B. Flanagani Bart. British Kaffraria, Flanof/an ! 

 B. cupRESsiNA Lam. Cape Point, Boodle ! Plettenberg Bay, 

 Weber van Basse ! 



CoDiUM MAMiLLOsuii Harv. Illovo, Weber van Basse ! 



Floride^. 



Bangia ciliaris Carm. Sea Point, Weber van Basse \ 



Dasyphila cryptocarpa Sclim. (= PtilaUt cri/iitocarjxi Holmes), 

 Kowie, Becker ! Cape Morgan, FhoKu/au ! After examination of 

 this plant, I am compelled to agree with Prof. Schmitz as to its 

 position in the genus Dasyphila. The cystocarps entirely agree 

 with those of D. Preissii. 



Halopler/nia africanum Kiitz. Algoa Bay, Herb. Binder ! sub 

 nomine Zonarice roseie. Kowie, Becker ! Natal, Rnperti ! Major 

 Reinbold kindly allowed me to see the original plant on which 

 Kiitzing founded his species. In outward form it resembles H. 

 Ihipernji Mout., but even with a lens the difference in the growth 

 of the peripheral filaments is distinct. In H. africanum they have 

 the appearance of being combed out in patterns, owing to their 

 regular size and position on the thallus. H. Dupcrnji has none of 

 this appearance, and looks more or less flat and spongy. 



Thamnoclonium proliferum Sond. Cape, Herb. Liibeck ! 



Major Reinbold most kindly sent me from the Hamburg Her- 

 barium the original specimen of Chondrus scutellatus Hering, collected 

 by Krauss at Port Natal. The fruiting specimen = Gi(jartinafasti(ii- 

 ata J. Ag., and the sterile plant is clearly different, having tlie 

 whole interior filled with roundish, thick-walled cells. It is too 

 young to be named with accuracy. Prof. J. G. Agardh, in Spec. 

 Gen. et Ord. iii. pt. i. 148, mentions Chondrus sciitellatus Kiitz. 2'ab. 

 Phijc. xvii. tab. 5G, as a synonym for Pah/opes constrictns J. Ag. 

 Kiitzing, however, at this place and in Spec. Al;/. 736, though 

 referring the plant to Hering, mentions it as being collected by 

 Pappe. The Kiitzing plant is clearly a different plant from the 

 real Chandrus scutellatus of Hering. 



Prionitis nodifera Bart. = Gigartina nodifera Hering. Natal, 

 Kraussl Evansl Weber van Bossel Major Reinbold has most kindly 

 allowed me to see Hering's original specimen of G. nodifera, and 

 I find it is a species of Prionitis. The same species has also been 

 sent to the British Museum by Mr. Evans, of Natal, and Mrs. Weber 

 van Bosse has interesting forms of it found by herself at the same 

 locality. The fruiting portion is knotted and twisted at the top, and 

 is shorter than the sterile fronds, which are long and sword-shaped. 

 Gigartina insignis Schmitz MS. = Irida;ainsignis Eudl. & Dies. 

 Kowie, Becker ! 



The specimen recorded in my former list as "6^. I'eedii ham. 

 Port Alfred, Slavinl" appears to be a hybrid between G. Teedii and 

 G. pistillata J. Ag. Such a plant is described by Prof. Agardh in 

 Spec. AJg. ii, 264, as G. pistillata var. pectinata. Through the 

 kindness of Prof. Falkenberg, I have been allowed to see a plant 



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