32 H. €. Wood on some Californian Alge. 
tions, whose germs, probably through modifications of successive” 
generations, have finally become indigenous to these strangt 
precincts. Mr. Partz and myself saw in the clear waters of th i 
basin a very sprightly spider-like creature running nimbly ove | 
ea 
the ground, where the water was 124° F’., and on another occa 
sion dipped out two tiny red worms.” , } 
In regard to the temperatures given and the observations #8 
to the presence of animal life in the thermal waters, Mr. Wm 
Gabb of the State Geological Survey states that he has visitel 
the locality, knows Mrs. Partz very well, and that whatevé 
she says may be relied on as accurate. a 
The color of the dried specimens varies from a very elegant” 
bluish green to a dirty greenish and fuscous brown, After 
somewhat prolonged soaking, in hot water, the specimens Ie 
gained apparently their original form and dimensions, and wert _ 
found to be in very good condition for microscopical study. 
fringe. Other spec 
plant. a 
the method of soaking ’ 
ocesses, Proxi- — 
mally they were one or even two lines in thickness, distally — 
they were scarcely as thick as tissue paper. Their bases were — 
especially gelatinous, sometimes somewhat translucent, and 
under the microscope were found to have in them only a few — 
distant filaments. 
Two sets of filaments were very readil dines ‘shed in the | 
adult plant. The most abundant of dian, sind that especially | 
rti 
finally split up into innumerable hair-like pr 
