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of F. vesiculosiis, but now think must be F. furcatiis, Ag. 

 This is well marked by the flat receptacle which, according to 

 Agardh, is repeatedly forked, rarely simple. In the plant of our 

 coast the receptacle is quite frequently simple. I have not yet 

 been able to see a dried specimen of F. furcatus^ or the figure of 

 Agardh. Should my view of this plant be correct the supposed 

 poverty of our coast in species of FucuSj as compared with the 

 English, will prove to be not so very striking after all. 



Melohesia ^polymorpTia^ L. Dredged at Eobbinstown, Maine, by 

 Mr. Howe. !N^ot before noticed in America. 



Nosioc splueroideSj KtJTZ. Sent by Professor Eaton from a pond 

 near New Haven. Not before noticed in America. 



