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cephalus scoparius Howe is probably a condition of C. luteofuscus 

 (Crouan) Borg. "developed under peculiar, most probably un- 

 favourable external conditions of life" has been rejected by the 

 authors of the monograph as also by Mr. F. S. Collins, though 

 unfortunately it has been adopted by Wille in his recent Nach- 

 trage to the Engler & Prantl Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien. In 

 this connection it may be remarked that if any real evidence is 

 ever brought forward to show that Cladocephalus scoparius and 

 C. luteofuscus are forms of one species it may be contended with 

 some justice that the legal name for the species will be Clado- 

 cephalus scoparius, inasmuch as the Flabellaria luteofusca ot the 

 Maze and Schramm list remained essentially a nomen nudum 

 until after the publication of C. scoparius. 



An appendix to this admirable monograph contains Latin 

 descriptions of the new genera and species proposed in the body 

 of the work. Re-publication in this form has been considered 

 desirable in order to conform to the requirements of the Vienna 

 Rules, though it is pleasing to note that the authors have not 

 ventured to reject a certain recently proposed specific name 

 simply because it has never been accompanied by a Latin diag- 

 nosis. 



Twenty-two handsome lithographed plates supplement in a 



most helpful manner this notable contribution to phycological 



literature. 



Marshall A. Howe, 



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