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Gymnogongrus Martius. Naked warts. Phyllophora Grev. Leaf-bearing. 
Plocamium Lam. Braided-hair, 
Halidrys Lyngby. Sea-oa Polyides Ag. Many-formed. 
Halosac so Pan ve = > b we g. Polysiphonia Grev. Many-tubed. 
Ha lurus 1 (2) Porphyra dg. Purple. 
ieiGeundtin Naaa For Hildenbrandt. Ptilota Ag. Pinuhted: 
ome ag Kü spt Necklace-hhirs. Punctaria Grev. Dotted.’ 
Hypnea Lam. Fr n Hypnum, a genus 
or eanea. Ralfsia Berkeley. For John Ralfs, an 
bac English diatomist. 
Laminaria Zam. From lamina, a plate Rhodome ela Ag. Red-black 
or blade. Rhodymenia Grev. - A red membrane. 
Leathesia Gray. For G. R. Leathes, a 
British 1 i alist. Sargassum Rumph. Sargazo in Spanish. 
Lyngbya Ag. For Hans Christian Lyng. Scinaia Bivona 
by, oes Danish algologist. peiro ae Harvey. Chain-seeds. 
ao g. For Soliére, a French algol- 
Melobesia Lam. Name of a sea- nymph. 
Mesogloia 4g. Viscid pith. spiiuectarin Lyngb. Gangrened (from the 
Myrionema Grev. Myriad threads. ithered fr eine tips). 
Mytiotrichia Harvey. Myriad hairs. Sp saal Harvey. Basket-like. , 
Nei ` Stilophora Ag. Dot- earing. s 
n Tozzetti. A crop of threads. Striaria Grev. Striated. ` 
Nitophyllum € Greville. petty leaf. 
. Nullipora Z. Without pore Ulva Linn. Ul—water in Celtic. 
Odonthalia Lyngb. Toothed-branch. Vaucheria De Candolle. For Vaucher, a 
scillatoria Vaucher. Oscillating. Swiss confervologist. 
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Peyssonelia Decaisne. For J. Peyssonel 
an algologist, x a 
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