Howe: Notes oN BAHAMAN ALGAE 99 
one specimen — the one from Hawaii distributed as Veomerts dume- 
tosa by Miss Tilden in American Algae, xo. g45. No. 668 of 
the Phycotheca Boreali-Americana (St. Thomas, Bérgesen, Jan. 
1896) distributed as Neomeris dumetosa has, in the two copies seen, 
the characters of VV. axnulata. The original description of Neo- 
meris dumetosa, as given by Lamouroux, with its “ bulles conoides 
ou pédiculées, se touchant entre elles tant elles sont nombreuses, 
mais sans ¢tre coalescentes,” combined with Cramer’s redescription 
of the original material (collected in the Antilles by Richard) can 
leave little doubt as to what Meomeris dumetosa really is. The 
type of Veomeris annulata came from Mauritius, where it was col- 
lected by Colonel Nicolas Pike. The species is not represented 
in Colonel Pike’s herbarium, now in the possession of the New 
York Botanical Garden, but Count Solms has seen * the original 
material preserved in the British Museum and his figures drawn 
from Mauritius specimens would apply very well to the specimens 
from Bermuda, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas, alluded to above. 
Solms-Laubach refers Porto Rican material to this species, using 
the name Meomeris annulata, and Cramer refers to the same both 
Porto Rican and Bermudian specimens, preferring, however, the 
name Neomeris Kellert. 
Cystosemra Myrica (Gmel.) Ag. 
Gregory Town, Eleuthera. 
Lracora annuata J. Ag. 
Gregory Town, Eleuthera. 
Somewhat resembling Ziagora valida in habit, but clearly dis- 
tinct — firmer, beautifully annulate from near the base to the par- 
tially calcified apices; the apices are rounded-obtuse in fluid-pre- 
served material, but often become attenuate-acuminate on drying. 
The annulations appear to be due to unequal calcification in well- 
defined alternating zones. 
New York BoranicaL GARDEN. 
* Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, 11: 61. 1893. 
