Marine Algae.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 525 



Coralline virgata, Zanardini. 



Corallina virgata, Zan., " Rivista Sulle Corallineae," 1844. C. granifera, J. Ag., 

 Sp. Alg., ii, p. 569, 1852. 



Antipodes ; Cockayne (identified by Reinbold). (Mediterranean, Africa, Queens- 

 land.) 



As there is no published description accessible in New Zealand, the following 

 from Areschoug (J. Ag., Sp. Alg., loc. cit.) may be quoted : — 



" C. granifera, fronde pollicari flaccida filiformi capillari, primaria inferne ramosa, 

 ramis bipinnatis, pinnis patentibus irregulariter pinnatis, pinnulis simplicibus 1, 

 dichotomo-ramosis, articulis ramiferis cuneatis, 1 subclavatis, eramiferis subcylin- 

 draceis utrisque diametro 3 plo. - 4 plo. longioribus, Keramidiis apicalibus suburnae 

 formibus poro producto biquadricorniculatis, cornibus attenuatis." 



Melobesia, Lamouroux. 

 Distribution. — In nearly all seas. 



Melobesia antarctica, Hook. f. & Harv. 



Melohesia antarctica, Harvey, " Nereis Australis," p. Ill, 1847 ; Hook. f. & 

 Harv., Handb. N.Z. Flora, p. 681, 1864. 



Auckland Islands ; Hooker. (Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Kergulen Land.) 



INCERTAE SEDIS. 



Apophloea, Harvey, 1855. 



Distribution. — New Zealand. 



A genus of uncertain position, perhaps belonging to the S'phaerococcaceae. 



Apophloea Sinclairii, Harvey. 



Apophloea Sinclairii, Hook. f. & Harv., Fl. Nov. Zel., ii, p. 244, tab. 116b, 1855. 

 * The Snares and * Campbell Island ; R. M. L. (Otago, Stewart Island.) 



