100 Howe : Phycological studies 



fC^planation af plate^^ 1-8 



Plate i 



1. Neo7neris dtanetosa. Photograph of probably authentic specimens now pre- 

 served in the herbarium of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. 



2. Neotneris aunulata. Photograph of fluid-nreserved specimens from Bermuda 



[Howe 320). 



3. Neomeris stipiiata. Photograph of fluid preserved type specimens from Singa- 

 pore {^ Ridley^, 



4. Neomeris van Boiseae, Photograph of fluid-preserved type specimens from 



Sikka, Flores, Dutch East Indies (//. Weber-va?i Basse iigd), 



5. Neomeris mucosa. Photograph of fluid-preserved type specimens from Atwood 



(Samana) Cay, Bahamas i^Howe ^jo8). 



6. Neomeris Cokeri. Photograph of fluid-preserved specimens. The four large 

 plants to the left (New Providence, Bahamas, I/ozue jojs) represent an unusually 

 large condition of the species (see Bull. Torrey Club 32 : 580. 1905). The remain- 

 ing specimens (Atwood Cay, Bahamas, Horve ^jog) are of the normal form and size. 



7. Neomeris van Bosseae. Photograph of dried spechnens in the Museum d'His- 



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The photographs all represent the plants in their natural size. 



Plate 2. Udotea conzlutinata 



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The largest plant (fluid-preserved) is from Bernini Harbor, Bahamas [IIowej24oa)\ 

 the smallest (dried), at the upper right-hand corner, is from Castle Island, Bahamas 



m 



all are of the natural size. 



Plate 3. Udotea cyathiforniis 



I, The more or less PenicilluS'lWt {fluid-preser\^ed) plants photographed in the 

 three upper rows are from Cockburn Harbor, South Caicos {^Ilowe S547)' Natural 



size. 



2. The five or six (fluid-preserved) plants of the lowest row (Bemini Harbor, 

 Bahamas, Howe 3240!)^ represent the typical form of the species. The middle plant is 

 almost perfectly cyathiform, with, however, a slit down one side of the cup-like flabel- 

 lum ; the plant at the extreme left has a merely concavo-convex or slightly spoon-shaped 

 flabellum and approaches in form certain conditions of U, conglutinaia. Natural size. 



Plate 4 



1. Halivieda lacriniosa. The three larger plants at the left of the photograph, the 

 type specimens, are from the island of Mariguana, Bahamas {^Hotue JJ24), where they 

 were dredged in 3 or 4 m. of water; the small plant at the right is from 10 to 20 m. of 

 water on Great Ragged Island, Bahamas {Hozae j8io). Natural size. 



2. Udotea spinidosa. Photograph of type specimens (dried) from Bemini Harbor, 

 Bahamas {Howe 32^2'). Natural size. 



Plate 5 



I-I4. Neomeris' mucosa 



1. A young stage, with the first four whorls of primary branches. 



2. Two members of the fourth whorl of plant shown in Figure i, showing trimerous 

 branches of the second order. 



