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IX. ALGiE. 
[Codium. 
Natives of both temperate and tropical zones. 
1. C. tomentosum, Agardh ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 261. Frond from a spongy 
base, cylindric, 6-12 in. long, f in. diameter, cylindric, dichotomous or 
palmatipartite. — Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 93. 
Probably abundant, East coast, Colenso ; Tauranga, Davies; Port Nicholson, Lyall • 
Lord Auckland’s group, J. D. H. (Abundant in all seas.) 
2. C. adhserens, Agardh ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 261. Frond forming green 
velvety patches, 1 in. to 1 ft. broad, on rocks ; substance gelatinous, dense. 
— Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 35 A. 
Banks’ Peninsula, Lyall; Cape Kidnapper, Colenso. (Generally diffused in warmer seas, 
but not hitherto found in Australia.) 
99. VATTCHEBIA, De Candolle. 
Frond bright green, tufted, capillary, cylindric, tubular, full of a green 
granular mass. Fructification globose or oblong stalked bodies (spores), 
full of green matter, attached to the surface of the frond. 
Usually annual freshwater Alga, always small. 
1. V. Dilwynii, Agardh ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 195. Frond decumbent, irre- 
gularly branched, farinose when highly magnified, minutely tubercled. Spores 
globose, sessile, solitary. — Grev. Alg. Brit. t. 19. 
Damp ground, Colenso. (Europe, Kerguelen’s Land, etc.) 
Colenso and Lyall send fragments of other species of this genus, but these cannot be de- 
termined except in a fresh state. 
100. BBYOPSIS, Lamouroux. 
Frond bright or yellow-green, filiform, tubular, membranous, cylindric, 
glistening, branched ; branches imbricate or distichously pinnate, full of green 
granuliferous fluid. 
Small annual Algce, found in all seas. 
1. B. plumosa, Agardh ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 195. Frond glossy green, 
feathery, lubricous, 1-4 in. high, more or less branched or simple ; branches 
naked below, above pinnate, with subopposite, slender, distichous branchlets. 
— Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. 111. 
Tidal pools, probably common, Cook’s Straits, Akaroa, and Otago Harbour, Lyall. 
(N. Atlantic, Australia.) 
101. POBPHYBA, J. Agardh. 
Frond pink or green-purple, flat, membranous, leaf-like, without midrib. 
Fructification red or purple. Spores arranged in fours, dispersed over the 
whole frond. 
A considerable genus, found in all seas. 
