ALGOLOGICAL LITERATURE OF 1899 95 
w been a nomen nudum, but Dr. Kuckuck has fortunately been 
ee to examine and describe this species from plants found by 
himself in the Adriatic, at compared with M. Berthold’s specimens. 
Although M. Protasperococcus shows several marked differences from 
the other species of the genus, Dr. Kuckuck decides on retaining it 
in its present position, instead of adding abe to the already too 
large number of monotypic genera in Pheosporea. He contents 
ee gives us the long-needed regs rae M. canartensis Kitz. 
r den Hetocarpus investiens der ghee ren” sums up o 
previous siswieiiens of this plant, and shows that it is identical 
with Cylindrocar pus microscopicus Crn., as well as ste Str ae 
8: + Ooo onema, ein neues Génie der ieee. is she eighth 
item in this fascicle. The species C. gracile, for which the genus 
was founded, occurs on stones in the Adriatic, and belongs to = 
family Myrionemacee. The points of difference are given betwee 
this genus and M. S$ _ Hecatonema and Chilionema. 
The final division (9) of this paper is entitled ‘‘ Ueber den 
Ganctaldabiseectill von acta multifida Grev.”’ It confirms and 
amplifies the work published on this subject by Mr. Church in the 
Annals of Botany, vol. xii. No. xlv., March, 1898, - adds Bese 
interesting detail of the minute structure of ‘Aglaoron An account 
is given of the methods used by Dr. Kuckuck in culabvastehy: his 
Raa spores, which resulted in many cases in his pr ucing 
which the upper part becomes a young Cutleria. From 
tion 
unna It is in any case emirate to see uc 
of ocean may take place in such a very young ‘a fragile stage 
of growth. A section is given to ‘‘ The outward a ion 
gro iven 
ditions, especially the relations of the temperature of the wate 
Among the noveibior for the year 1899 published i in American 
journals sa ‘Three undescribed para Algz,” by Prof. Farlow, 
under 
eing represented in the “Phyeote ca Bore ericana, 
Nos. 581, 598, and 600 respectively. The re aunbes of E; a 
contains a short paper, ‘‘ Ne nd Little-known Bro : : 
the Pacific Coast,’ by Prof. De Alton oe Bemis e 
histacee—Hapato: ‘ 
ee zig ted gelatinosum, and 
cribes a n of EH 
Species for which this genus is crea 
full description of it is sda: cael by figures. a 
fasciculatum Reinke is pooonnn for the first time from the 
