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medullary cells thin walled, closely joined, the length and breadth
dimensions greater than the cross-dimensions, containing a few disk-
shaped chromatophores ; zoosporangia numerous, promiscuously scat-
tered among the gametangia on both surfaces of the frond; game-
tangia very numerous, closely congested at times or scattered without
order ;
projecting hairs very delicate, in small groups, early deciduous.
Growing on Phyllospadix. Pacific Grove, California.
Setchell and Gardner, Phyc. Cont., 1924, p. 3.
This species is apparently not abundant, however the plants are
small and inconspicuous, and quite probably ephemeral. Of all of
our species, thus far discovered, this one fruits most abundantly. The
larger part of the surface cells become transformed into reproductive
cells. The type, as stated above, comes from Pacific Grove, but we
have two other collections from our territory, viz., growing on Phyl-
lospadix at Victoria (Gardner, no. 38496) and one from San Pedro
(Mrs. H. D. Johnston, Herb. Univ. Calif., no. 99456) on Zostera which
may be referred here, at least provisionally.
2. Punctaria fissilis S. and G.
Fronds fragile and flabby, ligulate, 12-15 cm. high. 10-16 mm.
broad, 65-70/i. thick, tapering at the base to a very delicate distinct
stipe 10-14 mm. long, attached by a small parenchymatous disk, light
brown in color, more or less deeply lacerated into linear laciniae, com-
posed of four layers of cells of fairly uniform size arranged in more
or less longitudinal rows, with thin walls and very small disk-shaped
chromatophores arranged closely along the walls; zoosporangia and
gametangia unknown ; hairs present in small groups.
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Setchell and Gardner, Phyc. Cont., VII, 1924, p. 4.
The flaccid nature of the fronds, the long, delicate stipe, their
laciniate habit, the arrangement of the cortical cells in fairly regular
longitudinal rows along with the other combination of characters,
characterize this as a distinct species. P. fissilis seems to have its
nearest relations with P. glaciate Rosenv. and P. plantaginea (Roth)
Grev. We have not been able to examine any of the material from
Yakutat Bay collected by Saunders and reported under P. plantaginea
(1901, p. 420). We have not seen any typical P. plantaginea from our
territory and suspect that possibly his P. plantaginea may be found
to belong to P. fissilis.