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ELOKA OE NEW ZEALAND. 



Ballia Brunonis, Harv. I. c. t. 9. B. Hombroniana, Mont. Pole Sud, t. 12. /. 1. Sphacelaria callitricha, 

 Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 23. Ic. Alg. Eur. t. 6. 



Hab. Many varieties common on the coast. (Southern Ocean, south of 34°.) 



Gen. XCII. GBIPPITHSIA, Ag. 



(Ag. Sp. Alg. ii. 126. J. Ag. Sp. ii. 75. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 659. Hook. fil. et Harv. El. Ant. i. 191, ii. 488.) 



1. Griffithsia setacea, Ag., Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 129. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 84. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 660. 

 Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 184. Conferva setacea, Ellis. E. Bob. t. 1689. Billw. Conf. t. 82. 



Var. fi.filiformis; filis tenuioribus articulisque longioribus (fructu ignoto). G. filiformis, MS. 

 Hab. Poveaux Straits and East Coast, Lyall, Colenso. Var. /3, at Port Cooper, Banks' Peninsula, and 

 Bluff Harbour, etc., Lyall. (Atlantic Ocean, in temperate latitudes.) 



2. Griffithsia antarctica, Hook. fil. et Harv. ; filis crassis csespitosis dichotomis flaccidis, axillis inferio- 

 ribus patentibus superioribus acutis, ranais elongatis erectis ramulisque nudis ssepe secundis ad nodos con- 

 strictis, articulis cylindraceis superne paulo incrassatis ramorum diametro 4-6-plo ramulorum subtriplo lon- 

 gioribus, ramulis fructiferis lateralibus articulo brevissimo constantibus involucro umbellato coronatis, te- 

 trasporis non visis. — El. Ant. v. 2. p. 488. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 87. 



Var. (3.fastigiata; ramis minoribus decompositis flabelliformibus fastigiatis ramulisque seepe secundis. 

 Hab. East Coast, Colenso. Euapuke, Poveaux Straits, and East Coast, Lyall. 



Gen. XCIII. CALLITHAMNION, Lyngh. 



(Lyngb. Hyd. Dan. p. 122. Ag. Sp. Alg. ii. 156. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. ii. 5. Harv. Phyc. Brit, et Man. Hook. fil. 

 et Harv. El. Ant. i. 191, ii. 489. Callitlamnion et PMcebothamnion, Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 638.) 



1. Callithamnion flaccidum, Hook. fil. et Harv. El. Ant. v. 2.p, 490. t. 188. /. 1. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. 

 p. 648. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 31. 



Hab. Port Otago, Lyall. (Native of Cape Horn.) 



2. Callithamnion Blmnula, Lyngb. Hyd. Ban. p. 127. Alg. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 159. /. Ag. Sp. Alg. 

 v. 2. p. 29. Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 242. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 647. Conferva Plumula, Ellis. Billw. Conf. 

 t. 50. 



Hab. Dredged in five fathoms, D'Urville Island, Lyall. (Native of Cape Horn ; Europe and North 

 America.) 



3. Callithamnion applicitum, Harv. ; minutissimum, repens et decumbens, fronde distiche pinnatim 

 composita, pinnis oppositis pinnulatis vel bipinnulatis, pinnulis creberrimis obtusis, articulis ramorum cy- 

 lindraceis diametro triplo longioribus pinnularum diametro brevioribus. 



Hab. Parasitical on Amphiroa, Colenso. 



Fronds 2-6 lines long, exceedingly slender, prostrate, and attached by the whole under surface to the coralline 

 on which thev »row, decompound, pinnate, and distichous. All the divisions opposite. Articulations of the 

 branches cylindrical, filled with endochrome, 3-4 times as long as broad ; of the pinnae hexagonal, about as long as 

 broad ; of the pinnules quadrate, shorter than their breadth. Basal reticulation of branches and pinna? shorter than 

 the rest. Colour rosy-red. Substance soft, decomposing.— Very much more minute in all its parts than C. australe, 

 and of a softer substance. A very pretty microscopic object. 



4. Callithamnion Airtmn, Hook. til. et Harv., Ft. Ant. v. I. p. 192. t. 78./. 2. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 655. 

 J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 53. 



