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fruits may be expected from more systematic collections over 
wider areas, and in different parts of an extensive and varied 
colony. 
Enumeration of Freshwater Diatomacee, collected in the 
vicinity of Dunedin, Otago, in 1861 :— 
Genus 1. Epithemia. 
Species 1. gibba, Ehrb. 
Occurs also in the Geysers of Iceland and the lakes of 
Switzerland. 
2. musculus, Kiitz. 
3. Westermanni, Ehrb. 
Occurs also in Ceylon. 
4. Zebra, Ehrb. 
5. turgida, Ehrb. 
6. Sorex, Kiitz. 
Previously found in New Zealand; fresh or brackish 
water ; precise locality unknown (Smith).* 
Genus 2. Eunotia. 
7. gracilis, Sm. 
Genus 3. Himantidium. 
8. pectinale, Kitz. 
Occurs also in France (at 6000 ft. in Auvergne), Italy, 
Sweden, Russia, and other parts of Europe (Rabenhorst). 
9. bidens, Ehrb. 
Genus 4. Meridion. 
10. circulare, Grev. 
Occurs also in France (at 3000 ft. in Auvergne) and 
throughout Europe (Rabenhorst). 
11. constrictum, Ralfs. 
Occurs also in France (at 5577 ft. in Auvergne) and 
throughout Europe (Rabenhorst). 
Genus 5. Denticula. 
12. tenuis, Kiitz. 
Occurs also in France and throughout Europe (Rabenhorst). 
Genus 6. Odontidium. 
13. mutabile, Sm. 
» 4%. Fragilaria. 
14. capucina, Desm. 
* ‘Synopsis of the British Diatomacee,’ by Prof. Smith : London, 1853 
and 1856, Vol. II, preface xxvii. 
