KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 20. N:0 5. 
bo 
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~“] 
Fam. ENCOELIEZ (Kirz.) 
Phye. gener. p. 336; lim. mut. 
Gen. Stilophora J. G. Aa. 
Nov. p. 16. 
Stilophora Lyngbyei J. G. Ac. 
Symb. 1, p. 6. 
Descr. Stilophora Lyngbyei J. G. AG. Spec. Alg. 1. p. 84. 
Fig. » » Harv. Phye. Brit. t. 237. 
Exsice. » » Arescn. Alg. Seand. exsice. N:o 91. 
Syn. Stilophora Lyngbyei Kieren, Nordl. Alg. p. 33. 
Habitat. It has been found within the sublitoral zone at a depth of two or 
three fathoms on sandy bottom. In the month of August it was provided with zoo- 
sporangia. 
Geogr. Distrib. Known only from the Norwegian Polar Sea. Here it is rare. 
Locality: Nordlanden at Fleinver, the most northern place where this species 
has been found to oceur. 
Gen. Asperococcus Lamour. 
Ess. p. 277. 
Asperococcus echinatus (Mmrt.) Grev. 
Alg. Brit. p. 50. Conferva echinata Merv. in Rorn, Cat. Bot. 3, p. 170. 
Descr. Asperococcus echinatus J. G. Ac. Spec. Alg. 1, p. 76. 
Fig. » » Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 194. 
Exsice. » » ArescH. Alg. Scand. exsicc. N:o 267. 
Syn. Asperococcus echinatus Kiepn, Nordl. Alg. p. 33. 
Habitat. It grows scattered in rock-pools within the litoral zone, both on exposed 
and sheltered coasts, attached to other algw, as Corallina officinalis, Furcellaria fastigiata 
a. o. In July, August, and the beginning of September it has been found with zoo- 
sporangia on the north coast of Norway. 
Geogr. Distrib. Known only from the Norwegian Polar Sea, where it is beyond 
its proper area of distribution. The northernmost point where it has been collected is 
Oxfjord in Norwegian Finmarken about Lat. N. 70°. 
Localities: The Norwegian Polar Sea: Nordlanden rather rare; Finmarken dwarfed 
and scarce at Oxfjord. 
