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our marine flora have appeared in the same journal, but no 

 attempt has been heretofore made to classify the collections on the 

 New Jersey coast, except a bare list by A. B. Hervey in the '* Pre- 

 liminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey," by N. L. Britton. 

 F. S. Collins contributed to the December, 1888, No. of the 

 Bulletin an account of' Algae from Atlantic City N. J. collected 

 by S. R. Morse/^ giving a list of the species obtained from 1884 



to 1 888 inclusive. 



The following list is based on the notes and collections of the 

 writer, made during the past twenty years. Besides which Col. 

 Pike has kindly furnished a list of " Alg^ observed by Nicholas 

 Pike on the New Jersey coast and collected by him between the 

 years 1840 and 1886." Also a ** List of the Marine Flora of 

 Staten Island," prepared by himself None of the specimens 

 collected by him have been seen by me and are here given entirely 

 on the authority stated. Prof. S. R. Morse of Atlantic City has 

 collected very extensively in the waters of that section. The late 

 Prof Rachel L. Bodley of Philadelphia published some sketches 

 in the columns of the " Public Ledger " of Philadelphia, on the 

 collections made while spending a holiday season at Longport, 

 six miles below Atlantic City. The first collections made at that 

 place were by Mrs, H. M. Lawton, and Mrs. E. H. McCulloi 

 who have proved themselves to be experts in the mounting of 

 specimens, a number of which have been made into '* souvenirs 

 of Longport," and sold in the bazaars of Atlantic City and else- 

 where. Miss A. R. Murphy of Germantown, Pa., subsequently 

 collected quite extensively there, also at Atlantic City, and has 

 been fortunate in obtaining some of the finest specimens yet seen 

 on the coast. Miss Carrie A. Boice made a collection at Ocean 

 Grove ; Mrs. Nancy J. Gardner at Asbury Park ; and Mrs. Lucy 

 H. Porter, M.D., of Philadelphia, has made quite an extensive 

 collection at Somer's Point and at Atlantic City. The late Hal- 

 liday Jackson of West Chester, Pa., collected a few specimens at 

 Cape May and other points of the coast. Dr. N. L. Britton has 

 made considerable collections at Staten Island and about New 

 York harbor ] a number of other persons have from time to time 

 added to the knowledge of our sea coast flora by their contribu- 

 tions. This list embraces 91 genera, 183 species and 41 varieties. 



