228 RECENT LITERATURE ON MARINE ALG.E. 



V. ca7iariensis is Callithamion haccatiim J. Ag., which occurs at the 

 Azores. The fruit of this plant has never been described, and till 

 this is found it is, of course, not possible to be quite certain as to 

 its affinities. However, the resemblance between F. canariensis and 

 C. haccatnm is too marked, as regards their vegetative characters, 

 to allow of the two species being separated, and Miss Karsakoff 

 has therefore placed C. baccatum, with a query, as a second species 

 in her genus Vickersia. 



The second alga described in this paper is Phyllophora geUdi- 

 oicles Crouan MS. This plant (no. 499 of Maze and Schramm's 

 Algiies de la Guadeloupe) was first placed by Crouan in Gelidium, and 

 later in Phyllophora, where Miss Karsakoff retains it. No descrip- 

 tion was ever given by Crouan, the name and locality only being 

 published under Gelidium ligulato-nervosum in Algues de la Guade- 

 loupe, p. 200. Miss Karsakoff shows that Phyllophora gelidioides 

 is not identical with no. 1084 of the same collection, Phyllophora 

 [Phyllotylus) siculus Kiitz., with which it has been classed by 

 Crouan in Herb. Thuret. From material of Phyllophora gelidioides 

 collected by Miss Vickers at the Grand Canary, and from an 

 examination of the original Crouan specimens, Miss Karsakoff has 

 been able to draw up a diagnosis of the plant, and to draw com- 

 parisons between it and P. siculus. The plate, which contains two 

 figures by M. Bornet, and several by the author, reminds one of 

 the beautiful plates in the the Notes Algologiques. 



Miss Vickers' paper consists of a list of 136 algae, collected by 

 her during a five or six months' stay in Grand Canary. Of 

 these, thirty-five are new to the Canaries, and one, the Vickersia 

 canariensis, mentioned above, is new to science. After each record 

 the locality is given, and in most cases the month of gathering. 

 Among other interesting finds are a distichous form of Caulerpa 

 Webbiana ; Grijfithsia barbata, of which a unique specimen was 

 dredged in the port of Luz ; and Sarcomenia miniata, which finds 

 a resting-place at the Canaries, being recorded from Cadiz and 

 S. Africa. The collection is mainly the result of shore collecting, 

 for Miss Vickers found that dredging was extremely laborious and 

 difficult, on account of the heavy seas, and the large quantity of 

 Cystoseira abies-marina, which choked the dredge. A graphic de- 

 scription of the coast is given, together with valuable information 

 as to good localities for special i^lants and how to reach these. 

 Altogether this paper gives one the breezy sensation of being on 

 the shore, which makes the reading of it a pleasure ; and it is a 

 guide to all future algological work done in that region. 



Major Eeinbold publishes {Nuova Notarisia, ser. ix. April, 1898) 

 the second part of his " Algen der Lacipede und Guichen Bay und 

 deren naherer Umgebung." The first part, containing a list of 

 141 alg», was published in Xuova Notarisia, ser. viii. April, 1897, 

 and this addition brings the number to 272. The plants were 

 collected and sent to Major Eeinbold by Dr. Engelhart, who also 

 presented a small collection to the British Museum. Though the 

 coasts of S. and W. Australia have been well worked for algae from 



