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Caloglossa Leprieuru (Mont.) J. Ag. 



Norn. Jap. ; Aya-gijiu. 

 PL. XXXVI， Fig. 1-15； PL. XXXVII, Fig. 12-13. 



Caloglossa LePrieurii (Mont.) J. A^. Epicr. p. 499; Cramer Ueber 

 Calog. Lepr. (1891) cum 3 tab. ； De Toni Syll. Alg. IV， p. 129.— Calo- 

 glossa Leprieurii (Mont.) J. Ag. var, coiitinua Okam. Alg. Jap. Exsic. (fS] 村 

 日 本 fnj 藻 品） Fasc. II, no. 67 ； Id. Contents of the Alg. Jap. Exsic. p. 1 

 (Bot. Mag. Tokyo. Vol. XVII， 1903 ト Cahgkss" Lepncnni (Mont.) J. 

 Ag. var. alternifolia Okam., H 本 藻類 名？^ p. ^1. — Dclesseria Leprieurii 

 Mont, in Ann. Sc. Nat., Bot" II. Sen, t. 13， p. 196， Cent. II， t. V. f. 

 1; Harv. Ner. Bor. Amer. t. XXII， c; J. Ag. Sp. Alg. II, p. り 82.— 

 Hypoglossum Leprieurii Kuetz. Sp. Alg. p. 875 ； Id. Tab. Phyc. XVI, 

 i. 10. 



Hab, : On piles, twigs, stones etc. at river mouth. Kaidaichi ( near 

 Hiroshima, Prov. Aki '， Pro v. Tosa, Hamajima (Pro v. Shi ma), River 

 Ko-yahagi (Prov. Mikawa), Atsuta (Prov, Owari), River Sumida and 

 -Fukagawa (Tokyo). Fruits : ― Summar. 



Remarks : When I distributed the specimens of the present plant in 

 my "Algae Japonicae Exsiccatae " Fasc. II， no. 67， I took it for a variety, 

 having been struck by the mostly subalternate arrangements of branches and 

 continuous (i.e. not strongly constricted) joints. The diagnosis I have given 

 or the new var. contimia runs as follows : — " Fronds decumbent irregularly 

 dichotomous or often subalternate, continuous (not constricted), slightly 

 bending at apices toward the under-surfaces." But, more a:terward， as I 

 found that these characters are not strictly peculiar to our plants, though 

 .such are more usual in them and also that there are similar cases in exotic 



