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Fig. 31. a-c, Gelidium pusillum: a. Habit of a plant of 11069, X 15.5; b, apex of a blade showing apical cell, 
X 150; c, habit of part of a tetrasporic plant of 11307. d, Gelidium crinale: A small portion of a tuft, X 7. e,f, 
Gelidium crinale var. perpusillum: e, Habit of part of a plant, X 16; /, tip of a filament showing apical cell, X 100. 
3. Main axes flat, much broader than ultimate 
branchlets G. divaricatum, prox. 
Main axes compressed, not much broader 
than ultimate branchlets 
G. pulchellum, prox. 
2-4 mm. thick on rocks at middle and upper 
levels, Sta. 1 (11069, 11307). 
As in other parts of the world this small 
plant is variable. The illustrations represent 
two of the variants. 
Gelidium pusillum (Stackh.) Le Jolis 1864: 
139. Fucus pusillus Stackhouse 1801: 17, pi. 
6 (England) 
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION: Forming a dense tuft 
Gelidium crinale (Turn.) Lamouroux, in 
Bory 1825: 191; Dawson 1953: 64, pi. 4, 
fig. 3. Fucus crinalis Turner 1819: 4, pL 198 
(England) 3^^ 
