— 272 — 
80 broad and in another from deep water (25 fathoms) the spores 
were 175y long and 804 broad, and as the form of the spores 
also seems to be rather variable (compare the accompanying figures 
Fig.1. Neomeris annulata Dickie. 
Different forms of the sporangia (compare text). About 40: 1. 
a,b and c) I do not think it necessary to consider the above-named 
form as a special variety. At the end ofthe spore turning towards the 
axis of the plant I have also clearly seen the cover mentioned and 
figured by Solms (l.c. p.68, pl. 8b, fig. 8), recalling the cover in 
the spores of Acetabularia (cfr. my figure 2). 
In Phycotheca Boreali-Ameri- 
cana (668) I some years ago without 
| examining the material very closely 
wrongly gave specimens of this 
species the name of N. dumetosa; 
Howe has already pointed this 
out (Bull. Torr. Club, Vol. 31, pag. 99). 
Neomeris annulata occurs both 
on sheltered coasts and on exposed. 
In the first mentioned locality I 
Fig.2. Neomeris annulata Dickie. found it growing gregariously on 
Basel eg eaupate text. Stones quite below the surface of 
the sea in the full daylight and in 
clear,water without being covered by other alge. 
In the Bovoni lagoon it occurs together with Acetabularia 
crenulata on stones near the shore in shallow water. On more 
