451 
This species which is extremely common along the coasts of the 
Faeroes was already reported from the latter place by Landt, l.c. p.230. 
Lyngbye writes with reference to it: — »ad insulas Faeroenses copiose, 
ubi rupibus praeruptis in superficie maris adnascens sum mm fluctuum 
vehementiae exponitur«. — f. pinnata has been found at a few places in 
the fjords, e. g. in Trangisvaagfjord (Rosenvinge). 
145. A. Pylaii (Bory) J. G. Ag. Kjellm., N. I., p.266 (213), Handb., 
p. 20; Rosenv., Gronl. Havalg., p.838. 
I have only felt justified in referring a few specimens to this 
species, and they were all rather small. The specimens in question 
had a distinctly two-edged mid-rib; and as soon as the latter showed 
the slightest indication of being four-sided or even if the two sides 
only ran parallel along a short distance I referred the specimens 
to Alaria escalenta , as young specimens of the latter species often 
have a mid-rib which must most properly be called two-edged. 
This species occurs in fairly sheltered localities where it grows 
in company with the preceding. Fructifying specimens were found 
in April, May, June and October. 
It has hitherto been found only in the following places: — Ost.: 
Skaalefjord (!), Saltnses (H. J.); Str.: Thorshavn (!); Syd.: Trangisvaag 
(Rosenvinge). 
This species was already found by Lyngbye as J. Agardh’s Her¬ 
barium contains a specimen gathered by him which according to Agardh’s 
determination (cfr. J. Ag., Spec. Algarum I, p. 144) belongs to this species. 
Of the genus Alaria Lyngbye’s Herbarium in Copenhagen contains some 
small fragments only, but they all doubtless belong to Alaria esculenta. 
LAMINARIA Lamx. 
146. L. saccharina (L.) Lamx. Lyngb., Hydrophyt., p. 21. 
f. linearis J. Ag., Spec. Alg. I, p. 132; De Laminarieis, p. 12. 
f. bullata C. Ag., Synopsis Alg. Scandinav., p. 18; Kjellm., 
Handb., p. 24. 
f. grandis Kjellm., Handb., p. 24. 
- This plant varies very much and a large number of forms 
have been described (see, e. g. Kjellm., 1. c., and Foslie, Ueber die 
Laminarien Norwegens, p. 90). I think the three above-mentioned 
forms are distinguishable in the Faeroese material. The specimens 
referred to f. linearis (see fig. 85) are marked by their long, narrow 
lamina, which is highly rugose and slightly or not at all waved, 
Haugesund in August on the west coast of Norway which do not show the least 
indication of having changed leaves, the leaves as in the Fseroese specimens being 
worn at the apex and growing gradually younger towards the base. 
Botany of the Faeroes. 
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