5 \ | OLUNfl AND 111 l;\ \ \ . 



bland, April. Collins; Pink Bay, Spanish Point, March, Hei 

 In habit much like Batophora Oerstedi var. occidentals, but growij _ 

 more sheltered pla 



B ltophob \ J. (i. Agardh. 



B. Oersted] J. G. Agardh. L854, p. 108; Collins, L909, p. 383; 

 fig. 145; Borgesen, 1913, p. 73, fig. 58; P. P..-A.. No. L910. Fairy- 

 land, July, with ripe aplanospores, Collins. 



Var. occidentalis (Harv. Hour, L905a, p. 579; Collins, L909, 

 p. 384; P.B.-A., No. 2016; Dasycladus occidentalis Harvey, L* 

 p. 38, PL XLI. B. Rein; Spanish Point, June, Bowe; Shelly Bay. 

 Dee., Ilervey. A condensed form, growing in more exposed localities. 



Family CODIACEAE. 

 ( 'odium Stackhouse. 



1. Prostrate. 1. C. intertextum. 



l. Erect. 2. 



2. All divisions contracted at base, enlarging upward-. 



4. C. isthmocladum. 

 2. No distinct contractions :it base of divisions. 3. 



3. Peripheral utricles 100-150 n chain., exceptionally 200 p. 



2. C. tomentosum. 

 3. Peripheral utricles rarely under 300 m- 3. C. decorticatuni. 



1. C. intertextum sp. nov.; P. B.-A., 2018. Fronde prostrat a, 

 tcreti vel complanata, saxo arete adhaerente, apicibua autem vulgo 

 Liberis; rami's brevibus, irregularibus, stratum subcontinuum for- 

 mantibus, strato interiore siphonum dense implicatorum strato 

 corticali cincto, utriculorum [ongorum, cylindricorum vel subclava- 

 torum, apicibua truncatis, subrotundatisve, diam. 70-90 u\ colore 

 atroviridi; substantia subfirma, nee maxime gelatinosa. 



Frond prostrate, subterete or flattened, closely adherent to the rock, 

 but with tips usually free; with short, irregular branches, forming an 

 almost continuous coating. Interior layer of densely packed, slender 

 tubes, surrounded by a cortical layer of long, cylindrical or somewhat 

 clavate utricles, with truncate or somewhat rounded ends, 70-90 a 

 diam. Color dark green, substance rather firm, not specially gelati- 

 nous. Forming a continuous belt a few dm. wide on upright or 



