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Probably these rings indicate the ntimber of years the plant 

 has existed, answering to the space of time the buoy has 

 been in the sea. The rhachis was provided withsporophylls 

 and showicg scars of such organs that bad fallen off. 



The species occurs in the upper part of the sublitoral 

 zone, on a depth of 1 — (10?) fathoms, and becomes best de- 

 veloped in rocl^y and much exposed localitles. Speciraens 

 with zoosporangia have been collected in July. 



Distrihution: Common and abundant at least along the 



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open part of the coast from Sværholt to Kiberg in the neigh- 

 hourhood of Vardo. 



Alaria grandifolia J. G. Ag. 



Gronl. Lam. ooh. Fuc. p. 26. 

 Beser Alaria grandifolia J. G. Ag. I. c. 



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Kjellm. Spetsb. Tliall. 2; p. 10, 



I fonnd at Kiberg a specimen of an Alaria^ which pro- 

 bably belongs to this species. The stem (including rhachis) 

 had a length of 1.5 m. and a diameter of 2 cm. Of the la- 

 mina only a small portion was left, the costa had a breadth 

 of 17 mm. Judging from other fragments I suppose thi^ 

 species to occur all along tho open coast. Thus at Mehavn 

 and KjoUefjord I got fragments of laminæ having a breadth 

 of nntil 50 cm , and fragments of very coarse and long stems, 



Distribiitiow. Common and plentiful (?) along the open 

 |Coast.* 



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I also met with otlier forms. Bat as before meiitioned, I have lost 

 the grcatest part of my collections of Alaria from East- as well as 

 from West-Finmarkeiij and the examination of the spccimens when 



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coliectedj and the notes from my excursions are too little particular 

 to record these f-rms here, espicially in the case of a genus with so 

 fecble marked forms as Alaria, 



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At a sunkcn rock about two (engl.) mi!es from the outer side of 

 Kjehno in Sydvarangcr I sow on a depth of 2—3 fathoms an Alaria 

 which remiiids of A. Pylaii^ but thespechnens had a remarkably ,^ar* 



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