256 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND 



HalymeniapolycladOf A and E.S Gepp n. sp. 



Flying Fish Cove (231 on rocks at the West End.) 



Gracilaria corticata, J. Ag. Sp. Alg. Waterfall Cove. 



Caralliua, sp. Waterfall Cove. 



Jania unicrartlirodia^ Lam. Polyp. Flex. p. 271. 

 No. 235. 



Rhodophyllia peltata. Grun. Alg. Tidschr. p. 34, 



Ceramium clavulatum, Ag. 



Cove near the Waterfall. 



Hypnea pannosa, J. Ag. Liebm, p. 14. 

 Waterfall Cove. 



Bostrychia tenella, J. Ag. Sp. Alg. II. p. 3. 



In the mouth of the blowhole on the cliff a mile 

 beyond the Waterfall. 



Ectocarpus spongiosis, Dickie Journ. Lam. Soc. XIV. p. 191. 

 Cove near the Waterfall. 



Dictyota dichotoma, Lam. Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1809, p. 42. 



Padina Commersonii, Bory. Voy. Coquille 41. 

 Common, Flying Fish Cove. 



Turbinaria ornata, J. Ag. Sp. Alg. I. 266. 



Very common, covering the rocks all round the coast. 



Sargassum Wightii. Grev. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. I 329. 

 Cove near Waterfall on rocks. 



Avrainvillea lacerata, J. Ag. Till. Alg. Syst. VIII. p. 54. 

 Common, Flying Fish Cove and Waterfall Cove. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



