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also a plant in fruit, never before 

 found in that condition, and a species 

 never before found outside the Red 

 Sea, also several Australian species. 



Unlike the huge algse of the north- 

 west Pacific, the seaweeds of Jamaica 

 rarely attain a meter in length, Liagora 

 decussata Mont, Sargassum and Turbin- 

 aria being the largest species. Neither 

 do brilliantly colored specimens abound. 

 The deficiency in size and bright coloring 

 is counterbalanced by the odd, beau- 

 tiful and fantastic shapes, as exemplified 

 in the genera Penicilhis, Caulerpa, Udo- 

 tea y Padina, Anadyomene, Chamcedoris, 

 Acetabularia. The proportion of lime- 

 encrusted forms is large, as species of Li- 

 agora, Halimeda, Galaxaura, Corallina. 



The fresh- water algae, as far as I 

 have observed, are not as abundant as 

 in the North, or widely different from 

 northern species. 



