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Palmer, Keeper of Physics, the Science Museum, London. I also thank the 

 curators and staff of the following herbaria and museums for arrangements 

 to study Holimeda collections, and for their hospitality and assistance: the 

 Botanical Museum (Lund), the Botanical Museum (Copenhagen), the 

 Rijksher barium (Leiden), the State Botanic Garden (Brussels), the National 

 Museum of Natural History (Paris), the Royal Botanic Garden (Kew), the 

 Linnean Society (London), the Belfast Museum (Northern Ireland), the 

 State Herbarium of Western Australia (Perth), the Institute of Jamaica 

 (Kingston), the New York Botanic Garden (New York City), the United 

 States National Museum (Washington), the University of Michigan (Ann 

 Arbor), the University of California (Berkeley), Yale University (New 

 Haven) and Harvard University (Cambridge). In addition. Professor 

 A, Pitot of the Botany Laboratory of the University of Caen and Professor 

 S. Buffo, Director of the Civic Museum of Natural History, Verona, provided 

 helpful information about Holimeda collections. 



My first opportunity for extensive field study of Halimedae among reefs 

 came when I was aboard the Te Vega in the International Indian Ocean 

 Expedition, funded by National Science Foundation Grant 17465, with 

 field activities assisted by Drs K. Riitzler, A. J. Kohn, J. Rosewater, 

 students and crew. Additional research opportunities at ports of call were 

 provided by the ship's agents, and by Mr H. M. Burkill, Director of the 

 Singapore Botanic Gardens, and Mrs Burkill, Mr K. R. Romimohtarto of the 

 Institute of Marine Research, Pasar Ikan (Djakarta), Mrs D. J. Everett in 

 Singapore and Mrs J. Harris, Phuket (Thailand). Doctors G. F. Papenfuss, 

 R. F. Scagel, S. A. Earle, H. E. Hackett and M. J. Wynne contributed their 

 International Indian Ocean Expedition Halimedae for examination. 



Doctor Thomas F. Goreau invited me to look at the Halimedae of 

 Jamaican reefs before the Discovery Bay laboratory became a reality, and 

 this visit was the basis for three subsequent expeditions, and my research 

 on the Glory Be reef east of Ocho Rios, to which Miss Marion Simmons so 

 graciously gave access, work which was funded by the Office of Naval 

 Research N00014-67-C-0262, and 313-3018 under NR 104-873. 



Doctor Stephen V. Smith encouraged me to examine Halimedae on 

 Enewetak Atoll, work which was funded by the United States Energy 

 Research and Development Administration. Doctor K. M. Wilbur of Duke 

 University provided the opportunity to investigate calcification and ultra- 

 structure, with the help of Dr N. Watabe and with the support of the 

 National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, 

 grants DE-01382-04 and 5 TI DE 92-03, and by the Office of Naval Research, 

 Biology Branch, grant Nonr 1181 (06). 



My first culture work was undertaken at the Queen's University, Belfast, 

 Northern Ireland, where I had the privilege of serving as a visiting faculty 

 member for a year at the invitation of Professor D. J. Carr. 



Further support for the research has been provided by National Science 

 Foundation grant GB 3296, Sigma Xi, and the Ohio State University. In 

 addition the work has been aided by: 0. Almborne, L. R. Almodovar, 



