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Kermadec specimens appear to be young and still growing. We 

 find in one a tetrasporic branch, but as a rule the thallus has the 

 appearance of being not yet mature. 

 Geogr. Distr. New Zealand. 



Pterocladia capillacea Born., nos. 1310, 1352. Growing epi- 

 phytically, Meyer Island. " Called turtle moss by the inhabitants, 

 because eaten by the turtles." Sunday Island. 



Geogr. Distr. Atlantic, Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, 

 Indian Ocean, China, Japan, Australasia. 



Gracilaria confervoides J. Ag., no. 1358 (pro parte). Cast up 

 on Denham Bay Beach, Sunday Island. 



Geogr. Distr. Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. 



Laurencia Forsteri J. Ag. ? no. 1358 (pro parte). Cast up on 

 Denham Bay Beach, Sunday Island. 



Geogr. Distr. South and West Australia. 



Plocamium hrachiocarpimi Kiitz., nos. 1335, 1336, 1337, 1339. 

 " Cast up on Denham Bay Beach, Sunday Island, Oct. 1908." 

 Geogr. Distr. New Zealand. 



Martensia elegants Her., no. 1327. On rocks near low- water 

 mark, Coral Bay, Sunday Island. 



Geogr. Distr. South Africa. West Australia. New South Wales. 



Nitophyllmn dec2imbens J. Ag., no. 1363. On Carpophyllum 

 plumosum, cast up on Denham Bay Beach. 

 Geogr. Distr. New Zealand. 



Delisea pulchra Mont., nos. 1338, 1353. Cast up on Denham 

 Bay Beach, Sunday Island. "Intestines of a turtle, twenty yards 

 in length, full of this plant in all stages of digestion. A little of 

 the same species was found growing on the outside of the neck 

 of the turtle." 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern Australia. Tasmania. New Zealand. 



Asparagopsis Sanfordiana Harv., no. 1330. Meyer Island. 

 The specimens are very rotten, but appear to be altogether refer- 

 able to this species. Hitherto it has only been recorded from 

 Western Australia, but in Kew Herbarium is a specimen from 

 Keppel Bay, Queensland. 



Geogr. Distr. Western Australia and Queensland. 



Euzoniella incisa Falk. {^= Polyzonia incisa J. Ag.), nos. 1311, 

 1319. Meyer Island. 



Geogr. Distr. South-west Australia. Tasmania. New Zealand. 



Spongoclonium Broivnianum De Toni {CalUthamnion Browni- 

 anum Harv.), no. 1326. On rocks near low water. Boat Cove, 

 Sunday Island. 



Geogr. Distr. West Australia. 



Peyssonnellia rubra J. Ag., no. 1354. Eock-pools, Sunday Island. 

 This is the same as no. 39 of Harvey's Friendly Islands Algce. 

 Geogr. Distr. Adriatic. Polynesia. 



Melobesia sp., no. 1322. Meyer Island. 



