76 



• ■- imu ir/cu a uiicu Bpc 



.March of the previous j 



same 



f ,,U1 Ul im previous year, rsornet connrmed Uorbiere's identi- 

 fication. Two further notes were published by Mangin (5 and 6), 

 who recorded the plant from several additional stations (Gatte- 

 vi lie, Tatihon, and Barfleur). His specimens were collected on 

 March 3J and April 1, 1907. Mangin also states that M. Malard, 

 Assistant Director of the Marine Laboratory of the Tatihou Museum, 

 informed him that the alga was first observed in September, 1905. 

 v auvei (7) also noted the occurrence of the plant in the same 

 lH'iidibourhood. 



In September, l«K)7, the writer received from Mr. E. M. Holmes 

 ■0 me , I ried specimens of an alga like Leathesia collected at Torquay, 

 with a request to examine its structure. Mr. Holmes stated that 



(S£1ZM£* ^"° m ****■ and Boggeeted a 



fnr ., ,v,^ v * J , D F^"ueiis were immature, and, except 

 ■t minute fragment sterile. The plant occurred fairly plenti- 



' nfa , /3 ay ' ^ mg f ^ nd as an e P i P li y te on Corallina, Rhody- 



The K I!' etC " and L ater 8n PP lie8 afforded futile Material. 

 bill h JL ? G W l S -l fi 1 ne s P ecim ^n about the size of a tennis 



au umn Zl I ' ^ u W been sent at inter ™ls d ™S the 

 ^ITlt™ been „ s ^ aller - The fertile material showed the 



ffenpral «f™»+„>. I* •TiT *"« ieruie material showed tne 



differed somowW C . ol P om ^ *™uosa, though the sporangia 

 deSiS? ^? ,T "? and °. ther details from those of Polished 

 pre red bv \nt M? ST ^ 8Mes in the British Museum 

 co^ ?^ of her paper. Later 



consignment 



ings, specimens were 



is the Mediterranean 



COaStS Of Xnrmanrltr o 



ue aiga wmch has invaded the 

 The immature specimens sent 



11^,1 A„ il . . ^ ,1 



some small 



mens, which fortrmJIw I Tl ° n Apnl 27th > 1907 - The 8 P eci " 



tion to lu . idenuS ™ L \r ^ P re » e rved, prove on examina- 



represej Tyoun^ ?£2V& H ° W8 plant ' and undoubtedly 



^Wr^^y^^^^l gathering, they were 

 the walls were verv thin !? f 8 <>* Leathesia, with a note that 

 Torquay, Cffie^J^ T&F™* A * Manage, as at 



from th 

 »PI are 



- - - ^a^S^^r b t!? , ? that ^« •*.««*. 



I *l»h Channel On L RH r^^, 1186 ^ in tbe wa ters of the 

 France, it has appeared at locS ^ff 8 ' as on the coa st of 



other, and that £ consfdembt ™S** ^ated from each 

 J "Mch it has been recorded a l *"***** The localities from 

 *or alga and therefore f requentl v TL;i " ^^ huntin S ^ ounds 



coasts 



oming 



in 

 If 



the 



aneaHterlv direction, it i poSe that S ^T been *»™Ung in 

 fcSf 1 J5? 1 * d ^g theTtot* ^Z*™ first established 



important 



'• Currents may 

 On the other hand, 



