Aig<s.] 
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2. G. lanceolatum, Harv. supra, p. 164. 
Monterrey, Douglas. 
1. Gigartina canoliculata {Harv.) ; fronde erecta compressa canaliculata basi simplici, 
apice creberrime bipinnata, pinnulis patentibus subulatis vel multifidis, ramulis aculei- 
formibus, capsulis inter aculeos sessilibus, — Gelidium corniculatum, Harv. supra, p. 164. 
{not of Grev.) 
Root accompanied by creeping fibres. Stem erect, 2-3 inches high, a line broad, compressed, channelled 
on one side, linear, simple or once or twice forked, and bare of ramuli for three-fourths of its length ; thence 
upwards it is pinnated, or in old specimens bipinnated, the pinnae and pinnulae alternate, horizontal, subulate, 
very acute ; the pinnulae in some specimens simple, in others cleft at the apex into 3-5 or more divaricating 
spine-like ramuli. Capsules minute, depressed in the centre, of the same substance and colour as the frond, 
seated on the multifid pinnules. Substance cartilaginous. Colour a dull purple, paler in the ramuli, becoming 
much darker in drying. — In a young state this species bears a striking resemblance to Turner’s figure of 
Fucus corniculatus, t. 182, and at p. 164 of the present work I have noticed it as such. But more perfect 
specimens, since received, prove that it is perfectly distinct from that and every other described species. The 
channelled stem, naked for its greater length, and the dense head of multifid spine-like ramuli sufficiently mark 
the species. 
San Francisco, Mr Douglas. 
2. G. muricata {Harv.) ; pusilla, fronde filiformi cartilaginea subdicliotoma spinulis 
minutissimis acutis muricata, apicibus divaricatis acutis, capsulis sphaericis sessilibus. 
An inch high, densely tufted, cylindrical, irregularly divided in a subdichotomous manner, the upper 
divisions patent, the whole frond rough with minute thorns. Capsules large, sphserical, solitary on the 
ramuli. Colour a deep purple. 
San Francisco, Dr Sinclair. 
Tribe 4. G ASTROCARPE^. 
1. Iridaea papillata, Grev. — Sphasrococcus papillatus, Ag.p. 222. — Harv. supra, p. 165. 
San Francisco, Dr Sinclair. Monterrey, Douglas. 
2. I. Hadula, Grev. — Fucus bracteatus, Turn. Hist. t. 25. 
San Francisco, Dr Sinclair. Monterrey, Douglas' 
3. I. stiriata, Grev . — Fucus stiriatus, Turn. Hist. t. 16. 
Tribe 5. ULVACE.®. 
1. Porphyra vulgaris, Ag. 
San Francisco, Dr Sinclair. 
1. Diatoma ohliquatum, Ag. — Conferva obliquata, Eng. Bot. t. 1869. 
Parasitical on Stenogramma Californicum, on which plant I also perceived a specimen of that curious 
minute genus of Zoophytes, Actinocyclis. 
