COSMARIUM. 365 



5. COSMARIUM CYLINDRICUM Ralfs. 

 Plate LXXXVI. Fig. 4. 



Char. Fronds small, finely denticulate. Segments longer 

 than broad, in the front view, subquadrate, broadest at the 

 extremity, narrower at their junction. End view cir- 

 cular. 



Cosmarium cylindricum Ralfs, in Annals, vol. xiv. pi. xi. 

 f. 1. 



Hob. Mixed with other Alace on the wet sides of a cave 

 at Laurarna Cove near Penzance : Mr. Ralfs. 



The fronds are minute, and about twice as long as broad. 

 Segments united along their entire breadth, so that no 

 notches are formed at the sides. 



b. Fronds mostly punctated or smooth. 



6. COSMARIUM CRENATUM Ralfs. 



Pkte LXXXVI. Fig. 6. 



Char. Fronds punctated. Segments broader than long, com- 

 pressed, somewhat triangular, with the margins deeply cre- 

 nated. End view elliptic. 



C. crenatum Ralfs, in Annals, vol. xiv. pi. xi. fig. 6. ; Jen- 

 ner, loc. cit. p. 1^96. 



Hab. Weston bogs, near Southampton, and several stations 

 in Sussex : Mr. Jenner. Near Bristol : Mr. Thwaites. 

 Near Manchester : Mr. Sidebotham. Dolgelly and Pen- 

 zance : Mr. Ralfs. 



"This plant very much resembles a young specimen of 

 C. margaritiferum ; but as the margin is always strongly 

 crenated, even in the earliest stage, and the surface is punc- 

 tated and not granulated, I am induced to describe it as dis- 

 tinct." Ralfs. 



