tacles globose, solitary or in pairs; in the former case generally below the 
apex of the cilium, and resembling a bird’s head and beak. Te¢raspores ver- 
tically placed among the peripheric cells of the cylindrical processes. The 
colour is a rather purplish- but pale-red, becoming darker and browner in 
drying. ‘The swés¢ance is soft, but not gelatinous, and in drying the frond 
closely adheres to paper. 
This species may readily be known from its nearest allies by 
the position in the marginal cilia of both kinds of fruit. Fertile 
specimens are densely fringed with marginal processes, and they 
are found in greater or less development even in those that are 
not in fruit. 
As far as I am aware, Rhodophyllis blepharicarpa is confined 
to the west coast of New Holland, where it is not uncommon. 
Fig. 1. RNoDOPHYLLIS BLEPHARICARPA,—the natural size. 2. Apex of a 
lacinia, bearing cystocarps. 3. Section through a cystocarp. 4. Apex of 
a lacinia, bearing ¢e¢raspores in the marginal processes. 5. Section of a 
marginal process, showing the ¢e¢raspores in situ. 6. Tetraspores, extracted. 
7. Section of the frond :—the latter figures magnified. 
