when dry, is a dull and somewhat purplish red, not unlike that of the more 
coloury varieties of Rhodymenia palmata. ‘The substance, though very soft, 
when fresh is membranaceous, and even papery when dry; and in drying 
the frond very imperfectly adheres to paper. 
PRR ARADO nenrww 
My acquaintance with this plant is confined to a single speci- 
men given to me, with some other rare Tasmanian Algee by Mr. 
W. Archer, of Cheshunt, Tasmania. It is not described in the 
‘Flora Tasmanica,’ because, when preparing the descriptions of 
Algee for that work, I had not decided where to place it; nor 
should I now figure it, but that I am unwilling to leave unre- 
corded so remarkable a plant, although, till its fruit be ascer- 
tained, the genus to which it belongs may be doubtful. In 
external habit, it nearly resembles the Glovosaccion ? digitatum ot 
this work, but has a quite different cellular structure, and a 
deeper and duller colour. I hope the figure now given may 
direct the notice of collectors to this interesting species. 
Fig. 1. NeMASTOMA PALMATA,—the natural size. 2. A magnified section of 
the frond. 
