A REVISED List OF THE BRITisit MARINE ALGH, 91 
A Revised List at = Weiaek Marine Alga. By E. M. Hotes and 
E. A. 
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(Aes als ad rr Nigh vol. v., No. xvii. 
Desaaber, 1800. ter ished Jan. 1891). 
THE aordinary progress of the ite of Marine Alge in this 
country ies the last few years has been not only expressly noted 
in the pages of this Journal, but the pages themselves have borne 
the most direct kind of testimony to the fact, as have also the 
pen of the Linnean Society, the Annals of Botany, and 
that, since Harvey's Phycologia, no enumeration existed of our 
large additions. Besides this inconvenience, the synonymy 0 
Alge, always kaleidoscopic,—though perhaps this word might be 
better compounded of another adjective,—had undergone varied 
changes, and it had ane ee matter of research to trace Harveyan 
names through the works of continental writers. No two men in 
this country have been more active in effecting these additions to 
work which should be of service to fellow-workers—a guide to Sia 
in the pate es research. This is now before us in the form 
of a check-list of British Marine Algex, with the Harveyan names 
quoted (where diferent) and the comely come indicated by a system 
of symbolical numbers, for the sake o 
As f Si tesa pe ambtdeomenctns research of which it is the 
th 
d ain from 
would be Giiieehed merely with potty details. The method of 
quoting the distribution is another matter, and certainly calls for 
legitimate criticism. The British coast has been divided into 
fourteen sections, thus :— 
‘1. From the Shetland Islands to the Sound of Mull. 
From the Sound of Mull to the ‘vine Firth. 
From the Shetland Islands to Aberdee 
From Aberdeen to the Tweed. 
From Solway Firth to Holyhead. 
From Holyhead va the say Islands. 
rom the Twee omer 
From Cromer to Dove 
. From the Scilly alands to Dover. 
po 
OD ID OR oD 
TRELAND. 
“10. From Malin Head to Roundstone Bay. 
11. From Roundstone Bay to Bantry Bay. 
12. From Malin Head to Dublin Bay. 
13. From Dublin Bay to Wexford Harbour. 
14. From Bantry Bay to Wexford Harbour. 
**In each case the locality first named will be included in that 
section, but ite second will not, the second locality being the 
starting-point for the next section. 
