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observed in Germany and Italy. The other references to its habitat 
relate to its occurrence on the coasts ; in the sea it is extremely widely 
“aati ted.” 
: Salt marsh, Burpengary, May, 1892 (together with Microcoleus tener — 
Ube De Thos. L. Bancroft 
— ALL, Fig. 4 
papbiieovesirniea, Kuetz. Prof..Moebius says: 
ing a Sfeoculact layer bg wood. Filaments 6-5 » thick, RE var 
thin; cells 3-3 as long as thick, Leehaginst -walls indistinct; end-ceh — 
‘get arched external Helios. Hitherto only known from France.” 
Georgina og 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. 
Hab. : 
(Plate XII., Fig. 3 
OSCILLARIA. 
O. princeps, Vaucher. Stratum eruginous or dark blackish-greet, 
long rayed; trichomes straight or slightly curved, som mewhat thinner 
ments, 30-45 p. L_cmvelawuter Alge of US. pf Ame r., k, cells 
ye Moebius says :-—“ SS : i Wood. tred 40- bg Fi thie 
WwW t 
‘ie 
same shape of the end of the filament as it has been 
Gomont. The species is only known from the warmer P 
earth: Middle and South Europe, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, 
the United States of America, Guadeloupe, Braz zil.” 
B coe Victoria Park, Brisbane ; collection, 3rd September, 
AnCTO; 
: (Plate XII., Fig. - 
1892, Dr. Thos. Le 
ee Kuetz. Prof. Moebius gives the following tr 6h deseriptin: 7 
— ents, 10-11 p thick, cells about 2p long, end cel : 
furnished with a calyptra. Known from Europe, North Af nal 
ae aes a. 
evita ne Creek, Warwick, on stones, 1893, Frank Pigram. 
(Plate XL , Fig. 2) 
MERISMOPEDIUM, Meyen 
M. convolutum, Rabenh. Thallus snembranous, 
unai more or less folded or convolute; fam Lae i ) ‘i 
of 256 geminate cells, arranged in sub- families, someti oblong 
families conjoined with a composite family ; cells pet or ey 
visible t 
cells, 4-45 ».—Wolle’s Freshwater A pent 10 
Prof. Moebius says«—* The families fest larger a cells; 0 | 
the margins; these plates may consist 2 hen god 
Fe 
uc i ti 
cells are broad, and between single cells the boundary lines ee 
be distinguished. I am not aware whether the spect ies has 
senha of Europe. (France and Germany.)” 
rag See rain Dr. Thos. L. Bancro. 
eae XIL, Fig. 10.) . 
