70 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



much more closely that of Stilophora rhizodes, 

 to which outwardly this plant bears a very great 

 resemblance. Besides the difference in habit, it is 

 well distinguished from C. flagelliformis by the 

 shape of the filaments of the periphery, which in 

 that species are club-shaped, while in this they 

 are slender, but terminated by a large globular 

 cellule. In this respect there is a resemblance to 

 a Mesogloia, but the structure of the axis is 

 exactly that of Chordaria." Phyc. Brit. Annual. 

 Autumn. Thrown up from deep water at Carrick- 

 fergus, near Belfast. Mr. McCalla. October, 1845. 

 Found floating- in Falmouth Harbour, in June, 

 1850, by Mr. F. Pascoe. 



MESOGLOIA. 



Name meaning the middle and viscid, in allusion to the 

 gelatinous centre. 



Frond filiform, much branched, gelatinous y the 

 central structure composed of interlacing, longi- 



