THE MARINE BOTANIST 47 



Asperococctts. Frond tubular, cylindrical, or com- 

 pressed. Spores in dot-like sort, 



Litosiphon, Frond cartilaginous, filiform. Spores 

 scattered. 



CUTLERIA. 



Named in honour of Miss Cutler, a distinguished British 



algologist. 



Frond flat or compressed, irregularly cleft, some- 

 what fan-shaped. Fructification, Dotted tufts of 

 spores scattered over the surface of both sides of the 

 frond. 



CUTLERIA MULTIFIDA.— MANY-TIPPED 

 CUTLERIA. 



Frond thickish, of an olivaceous or rusty hue, 

 from two to eight inches long, divided in an irre- 

 gular manner into rather narrow segments, which 

 are again cleft in a similar way, and finally are 

 elongated and repeatedly split at the extremities. 



