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drying. It adheres firmly to paper, and should not 

 be subject to much pressure, at first, in dryings The 

 color of the younger plants is a brilliant carmine ; 

 older ones, darker. It should be looked for early in 

 the season, though I have collected it to the end 

 of August, 



Genus.— GRIFFITHSIA* Ag. 



Griffithsia Bornetiana, Faelow. 



This is the only representative yet found on oui 

 eastern shores of this large and brilliant genus. It 

 is called G. corallina, var. globifera, in Harvey's 

 " Nereis." But a more careful and extensive study 

 of it, by Dr. Farlow, has convinced him that it is 

 quite a distinct species, and he has named it for- a 

 celebrated French Algologist, Prof. Ed. Bornet. 



This plant has a delicate, slender, filiform frond, 

 consisting of a single series of naked, pink cells, 

 placed end to end. It branches by regular forkings, 

 and the branches are composed the same as the stem 

 of a series of single cells.' The forking is accom- 

 plished by two cells, starting from the top of one. 

 The branches repeatedly fork in the same way, nar- 



* Griffithsia. Named for Mrs. Griffith, <t celebrated English Algologist* 



