Benfretuia partula, a iSeto lelp from 

 Bancoutcr 3!3Slant). 



Robert F. Griggs 



The kelp described below was discovered at 

 the Minnesota Seaside Station, Port Renfrew, B. 

 C, in August, 1905. It is quite common in the 

 vicinity of the station but has escaped observation 

 largely because of its small size which caused 

 it to te mistaken for a juvenile form of some 

 other species. When first recognized as distinct 

 it was thought to be a Laminaria but was soon 

 seen to be distinct from that and all other gen- 

 era of kelps. Xo more fitting name could be 

 given to the new genus than one derived from 

 Renfrew, the District of the island in which 

 the station is located where so much work has 

 been done on algae, especially the kelps. 



I desire here to express my thanks to Miss 

 Josephine E. Tilden of the University of Min- 

 nesota for assistance rendered in looking up 

 literature on the related forms. 



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