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Rhodymenia palmata, Grev., var. flabellata, Rosen v. ; Groenlands 

 Havalger, p. 810 ; De Toni Syll. Alg., vol. iv., p. 513. 



Japan. Shimoda, Saido, No. 48. In Herb. E, M. Holmes. 



Rhodymen ia palmata, Grev., though not occurring abundantly 

 in the East, has often been reported from Japan. The present 

 Japanese specimen is very distinct in form from all the well 

 known varieties, being almost semicircular in outline, formed of 

 Bhort dichotomising branches and possessing a typical Rhodymenia 

 structure. It agrees so well with the description of the variety 

 tfabella/a, Rosenv., as to justify its being identified with that 

 plant, notwithstanding the fact that up to the present the latter is 

 only known from Greenland. 



Gracilaria eucheumoides, Harv. ; Proc. Amer. Acad., vol. iv., p. 



•Ml. 

 Andaman Islands. Termoklee Island, 8. Kurz. 



First discovered by Harvey in the Friendly Islands and later 

 recorded by him from Japan, the distribution of this plant does 

 not seem to have been otherwise extended. From its remarkable 

 likeness to Eucheuma, it was thought to be not improbable that 

 specimens under that name might be found in the Herbarium ; 

 tins Old not however prove to be the case. Though only known 

 in a sterile state the Gracilaria structure marks it off as very 

 distinct from Eucheuma. 



•h™" 6 / 8 8 P ecimen s (Friendly Island Algae, No. 35) are 

 SS- 7 } i° Un ?' and conse quently the exact character of the 

 SS™- r* and he arran gement of the tubercles are difficult to 

 Id m !fl J 8eems likely that the P lant remains decumbent, 



tendPnnt t? ?T ng , gr0wing a P ices alon8 liave a n *p™d 



to 1 p «iL a+ !• U ? erdeS J wllich are more or les s Pointed, appear 

 to be almost entirely confined to the margins. 



flaU P 1 nPrf L ^T n + u Specim ^ 13 have s °mewhat more robust and 



s^j^tjs^sr 8 of which are frequentiy denseiy set 



Polysiphonia japonica, Harv. ; in Perry's Narrative, vol. ii., p. 331 . 

 Corea. Fusan, Brand, Jan. 1905. 



thS'J^S? 1 ^I 1 D l T ° ni ° mitted t0 include thi3 s P ecies in 

 been ffl ™^ S 1 h ° nCe the P lant is little known and has 

 have hZ t i Bl t\ ° f ' At the same time " does not appear to 

 is not of p n deSCnbed Under anothcr name > which suggests that it 



ve?e in fin.T r.- 0CCUrr ^ nce ' The P lants received from Corea 

 were in fine condition, exhibiting both kinds of fruit. 



P. iawnL B °!d d0 t' J?* Gepp trans <*ibed Harvey's diagnosis of 

 WeuK? t d at the aame time recorded the plant from 

 specimen ^Thr^ com P ared it with a portion of the type 

 fromTh 'na • i Te 't n exam P le » a re less corticated than those 



original material ^^ they &gree more closely with tke 



nov. 



Euptilota Fergusonii, Cotton, sp 



differt d6S distinctissima > dispositione pinnularum ab omnibus 



