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PTILOTA PLUMOSA Ac. IN BRITAIN. 
By A. D. Corron, F.L.S. 
A SHORT paper entitled “The Distribution of Certain sa ba 
Alge,” published in this Journal for 1914 (pp. 35-40), has 
printed note, have contributed rire with regard : re distribution 
of this alga. Friendly co-operation is of special assistance when 
ae with problems such as distribution. 
the .. ae to it was stated that Ptilota caging ev 
not occur in the Irish Sea south of Anglesea, nor the 
of the west of Ireland it is abundant, and had been reported, 
aids no specimen appeared to be available, from the southern 
coast 
The first communication which need be referred to was from 
k 
he next 
Journal for 1914 (ie 77) Miss C C. E. Larter recorded a ‘specim 
und about four miles east of Ilfracombe in 1907. In response i 
= enquiry Miss Larter wrote that she has no recollection as to 
whether it was found; in a growing state or amongst rejectamenta. 
The specimen, which she kindly forwarded, is, however, old and 
worn, and might well have been conveyed from a distance. In 
nry 
Goode, and adds that with respect to Wales he had only found 
the plant himself at Path-y-Pistill, ee Saeed Mr. Cosmo Mevill’s 
note elicited a reply from Mr. E. M. H olmes (op. - p. = ae who 
points out that Goode corresponded with, and acqui ecimen 
from, algologists in other parts, and that the names of localities 
were often added from memory. He doubted if any reliance could 
placed on Goode’s specimen. — th is a favourite spot for 
algologists, and is flora is well know 
turning now to the south of Talend Miss Duke made a 
special search for "Ptilota on the shores of Co. Cork ane se 
