626 



DIATOMEAE. 



5. Calothrix pilosa Harv. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 363. 

 1886. 



New Providence : — ^warm waters generally. Type from Florida. 



2. DICHOTHEIX Zan. ex Born. & Flah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3 : 



373. 18»6. 



Filaments 17-22 n in diameter; branches long, erect. 1. D. fucicola. 



Filaments about 15 « in diameter; branches short, flexuous. 2. D. penicillata. 



1. Dichothrix fuclcola Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 379. 1886. 



Watling's Island, Castle Island, and Mariguana : — Bermuda ; West Indies ; Cen- 

 tral America. Type from Central America. 



2. Dichothrix penicillata Zan. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 



379. 1886. 



Bimini, Great Bahama, Berry Islands, Castle Island, and Watling's Island : — 

 Red Sea ; Florida ; West Indies. Type from Red Sea. 



3. POLYTHEIX Zan. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 



380. 1886. 



1. Polythrix corymbosa Grunow, ex Born. & Elah. loc. cit. 380. 1886. 



New Providence and Exuma Chain : — widely distributed in warm waters. Type 

 from Florida. 



4. RIVUIiAEIA Ag. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 



345. 1886. 



Trichomes tapering from middle to each end. 3. R. polyotia. 

 Trichomes tapering towards apex only. 



Trichomes 5-0 u. in diameter, sheaths wide, loose. 1. R. Biasolettiana. 



Trichomes 2-5 « in diameter, sheaths close, compacted. 2. R. nitida. 



1. Eivularia Biasolettiana Menegh. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 



3: 352.. 1886. 



Mariguana and Atwood Cay : — Europe ; North America. Type from the Adriatic. 



2. Rivularia nitida Ag. ex Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3 : 357. 1886. 



New Providence and Exuma Chain : — generally distributed. Type from' Sweden. 



3. Rivularia polyotis Born. & Elah. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. VII. 3: 360. 1886. 



Watling's Island ; — Europe ; North America. Type from the Mediterranean. 



Sub-class DIATOMEAE 



Contributed by Charles S. Boyer. 



The diatomaceous flora of the Bahamas includes twenty-five or more genera 

 most of which are common to the North American coast. Of this number, 

 however, two genera, Flagiogramma and Mastogloia, are especially prominent. 

 The former is represented by species first described by Greville as occurring 

 on conch shells at Nassau and New Providence. The latter is quite prolific in 

 species on algae collected by Dr. Marshall A. Howe. The forms which, perhaps, 

 are characteristic of the Bahamas are Mastogloia iaJiamensis Cleve, not very 



