of the vicinity of Aberdeen. Ill 



E. silicidosus, Lyngb. — Very common in pools near high- 

 water mark. 



E. Hincksice. — This species, of which, as stated in his ' Ma- 

 nual/ Mr. Harvey had only seen one specimen, is very abmidant 

 on the fronds of Laminaria digitata, and sometimes on Rhodo- 

 menia palmata, in the latter end of April and in May. It appears 

 to he a very distinct species. 



E. tomentosus, Lyngb. — Very common on different species of 

 Fucus near low-water mark. 



E. granulosus, Ag. — Parasitical on other Algre in pools near 

 high-water mark, but rare. 



E. spharophorus, Carm. — In Jiuie 1843 this species was found 

 abundantly, parasitical on one of the most abundant of our Rho- 

 dospermecB, viz. Calithamaion spongiosum. It bears fruit co- 

 piously, and never exceeds, in this vicinity, an inch in height, 

 and usually is much less. 



Myi-iotrichia filiformis. — Is not unfrequent in pools at high- 

 water mark, attached to small specimens of Chorda lomentaria. 



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Chordaria flagellifurmis, Ag. — Is very abundant and generally 

 distributed. The fructification, according to Turner, consists of 

 " oblong or pyriform seeds lying among the concentrical fila- 

 ments." I have not been able hitherto clearly to ascertain the 

 true structure of the fructification in this species, but should, 

 from analogy, infer it to consist of spores. 



Helminthocladia virescens. — Is in some seasons very abundant 

 on rocks about half way between high- and low-water marks, and 

 straggling specimens occur in pools at the latter. 



Corynephora marina, Ag. — This remarkable plant is plentiful 

 in summer, attached to other Algae and corallines. In Harvey^s 

 ' Manual' a passage is quoted from Carmichael in reference to its 

 fructification, the term "sporidia" being made use of: it ought 

 to be " spores." 



In the first part of this connnunication it was stated that " the 

 coast here is much exposed to the action of heavy seas, and pre- 

 sents few sheltered coves or even calm pools of any extent, and 

 hence probably we may account for the absence of some of the 

 more delicate species;" it must not, however, be inferred that 

 this is the only reason why certain Algae are entirely absent from 

 our coast ; the influence of temperatm-e must be far greater. At 

 least two other species may yet be expected to be found, viz. 

 Laminaria bulbosa and Dichhria viridis ; the former being of such 

 general occvirrence on the British coasts, and the latter having 

 been seen in the Moray Frith. 



Scarcely one-half of the Melanospermous Algse enumerated in 



