330 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
published List,* records L, gee from Gatteville, and quotes 
ma as a synonym. No remark is added. In order to 
es settle the question, a comparison has been on of 
L. concinna Kuck. is a synonym of L. crispa Harv. Dr. Kuckuck 
also wrote saying he had become aware of this fact. 
ap nee of L. crispa when growing is very distinct. 
In colour it is ae brown, and is apparently invariably epiphytic 
on the narrow forms of Chondrus are The individual plants 
charac a ‘itis disting tished by th ST. curved See 
cies. 
The material collected by the writer was found for the most 
part at Durlston Head, where it was observed on Chondrus plants. 
that were just ed at low water. Small immature specimens 
had been collected the day previously in a neighbouring locality, 
and special search was made for further tees At Durlston 
many mature specimens were observed, and the plant was suffi- 
ciently conspicuous to attract attention. It occurred intermixed 
wi ifformis, but, except in the youngest a it was dis- 
tinguishable from that species by the darker colour and more 
solid fron 
The distribution of L. crispa is remarkable. Harve cates 4 s plants 
were gathered at Cumbrae; and in the ag ravaged f the late 
E. tters, now at the British basoan: there specimens 
from Alderney an and Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Dr. . Kuakwusle states 
that he ayes the plant at Tatihou (St. Vaast-la-Hougue), and 
that it is frequent in a There is also the Gatteville 
nacht pentioned above. These six localities ery enate with the 
new Swanage — constitute ihe extent of its known distribu- 
tion. At Dur & CO aegis number of plants were 
observed, and if the species wer all general or regular in its 
centu 
The presence of Leathesia crispa at the approach of a port 
such as Glasgow suggests the possibility of its having been in- 
* Liste des Algues Marines observées jusqu’a ce jour entre Vembouchure de 
VEscaut et la Corogne (Antwerp, 1905), 86. : 
