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Family STILOPHORA( EAE. 



Stilopiiora J. G. Agardh. 



S. rhizodes (Ehrh.) J. G. Agardh, var. adriatka (Ag.) J. G. 

 Agardh, 1848, p. 85; Sporochnus adriaticus Agardh, L827, p. 646; 

 L828 35, PL XXX. Harrington Sound, April, Hervey, with pluri- 



locular sporangia. More slender and delicate than the typical S. 

 rhizodes, which is of a more northern range. 



Family SPOROCHXACEAE. 

 Sporochxus Agardh. 



S. Bolleanus Montagne in Kiitzing, 1859, p. 33, PI. LXXXI, 

 fig. II; P. B.-A., No. 2174. Dredged in 22 meters on coral rocks 

 in June, Kemp, as 6'. peduncidatus; handsome plants with assimila- 

 tive filaments well developed, Castle Island, Miss Wilkinson; a simi- 

 lar plant, Miss Peniston, no data; Gravelly Bay, old plants with 

 mature fruit, washed ashore, Aug., Collins; dredged near Challenger 

 Reef, in 60 meters, Aug., 1903, Bermuda Biological Station. 



Family TILOPTERIDACEAE. 

 Heterospora Kuckuck. 



H. Yidoyichii (Meneg.) Kuckuck, 1S95, p. 318, PI. IV, figs. 

 1-20; Ilaplospora Vidovichii Bornet, 1S91, p. 363, PI. VIII, figs. 

 1-5; P. B.-A., Xo. 2026; Ectocarpus Vidtmchii Meneghini in 

 Kiitzing, 1S45, p. 233; E. crinitus Hauck, 1885, p. 330, not of 

 Carmichael. Forming rather dense tufts, up to 1 dm. long, on wall 

 of inlet by the Frascati Hotel, March, Hervey, with monosporangia. 

 The occurrence here of a representative of the family Tilopterida 

 is of much interest; barely half a dozen species are known, and all 

 but this one inhabit the colder water- of the Atlantic. //. I'idovichii 

 inhabits the Mediterranean, and this i> its first recorded occurrence 

 elsewhere. 



