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recently as 1921 (Cockayne 1921).<br />

The r;orrect combination<br />

DuY'villaea <strong>antarctica</strong> was made by [-lariat in 1892"<br />

(4) Durvillea simple:'!.' Suhr, Flora. VoL19(22), Table :3 1<br />

Fig-. 22 (1836),<br />

Not seen.<br />

Spitzbergen; collected by walrus<br />

hunt.ers.<br />

Kuetzing (1049;576) called this plant L(jJT/inap1:a 8'implex (Suh:c)<br />

Kuetz., <strong>and</strong> De Toni (18951222) also believed fr to be a species <strong>of</strong><br />

Lamina.:f'ia. 'l'he holdfast has long haptera <strong>and</strong> is distinctly<br />

laminar ian. There appears to be no st ipe, t.be long s t:cap"~ 1 ike blade<br />

arising directly from the holdfast.. spitzbergen is thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong><br />

kilometres outside the range <strong>of</strong> drifting <strong>Durvillaea</strong>. D. simple:r; is<br />

a misidentification <strong>and</strong> must be excluded from the genus DurviZlaea.<br />

(5) Durvillea caepestipes (Montagne in D'Orbigny) Sl(Q'ttsbel::"g in<br />

Nordenskjold VoL4; 1(6) :142 (1907).<br />

BasionY,!o ~ Laminaria caepaes tipes ~ Montagne in D' Orb igny I<br />

Voyage dans l r Amerique Meridional. .. pendant.",<br />

1826-33. VoL 7.lJ., PI. 2 (11339).<br />

"L_ radice bulbosa, stipite '/;ereLe 'I:n Zominam<br />

cuneato-ob longam CPQS8(jJT/ laciniato-mul tifidc.J1I<br />

expanso .. . Ro.dix bulbosa inaequaZ·Lter heinisphaerica;<br />

basi hinc excisa s diOJ71e-/:;ro bipoUicaY'i~ suntus nuda.<br />

Stipes teres paZmaY'is) exsiccatus d-igit·um minimwn<br />

adaeq uans . Li'unina bi peda lis e t u l·t ro J 4-D po U we s<br />

lata~ plana~ basi eW1eata serls-imque d'ilatay in<br />

segmentis en8iforrrrihu$ inaequalibu..s YUt'8um divisis<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>unde et il"Y'egu7nX''iter f-iSDQ)<br />

laciniis uUimis<br />

longis perangus-tis. Fructus",. Color olivaee<strong>of</strong>uscus)<br />

laciniarum luci obveriJm~wn rubep) exsiccat2l.e<br />

nigi"L.cans opacus. Substantia stipitis lignosa"<br />

laminae ad ba8in Y"I:gida, caeteY'uJrI cOY'iacea" in si(;co<br />

fx'agilis. "<br />

;;:;.;:;.;;;;;.;;;~..._: P. l,indauer. et al. (1961) :286, Pl.lO "" 'Table 66)<br />

published a photograph <strong>of</strong> a specimen wit.h t.he caption<br />

'''I'ype spec:iJnen (Herb. Mus. Paris)'''. ')~he label on<br />

the sheet, not: legible in thei,~ photograph fS<br />

apparently an instruction t.o the illustrator or

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