Marine Plants of Nha Trang — Dawson 
377 
female flower, X b', f, 2i young male flower, X 3. 
Fig. 2a-f 
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION: On mud and sand, 
Sta. 4-5 (11166, 11418). This is the most 
abundant marine phanerogam in the area, 
growing on the flats in dense stands of grass- 
like habit. It is well exposed at low water. 
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Ascherson 
1875: 361. Schizotheca hemprichii Ehrenberg 
1832: 429 (Red Sea) 
Kg- 2g 
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION: On sand flats, Sta. 
4 (11164, 11431). 
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE 
Key to the Species of Cyanophya 
1. Plants unicellular, forming small colonies 
within a gelatinous matrix 
Entophysalis conferta 
