THE FRESH-WATER ALGAE OF ESSEX. 179 S. oscillarioides, Turp. Cooke, t. 96, f. 3. In ditches, Epping (G.E.M.). Oscillaria tenerrima, Kutz. Cooke, t. 96, f. 4. In ditches, Chingford. O. tenuis, Ag. Cooke, t. 96, f. 8. In ditches, Kelvedon (E.G.V.) ; Chingford. O. muscorum, Carm. Cooke, t. 98, f. 8. On Hypnum, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). O. limosa, Ag. Cooke, t. 97, f. 3. In ditches, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). O. nigra, Vauch. Cooke, t. 97, f. 6. In ditches, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). Microcoleus terrestris, Desm. Cooke, t. 99, f. 2. On the ground, Kelvedon (E.G.V.) Lyngbya vulgaris, Kirsch. Cooke, t. 102, f. 5. On the ground, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). Gloiotrichia natans, Thur. Cooke, t. 116, f. 1. In ditches, Feering (E.G.V.). G. pisum, Ag. Cooke, t. 116, f. 2. In ditches, Epping (G.E.M.). BATRACHOSPERMAE. Batrachospermum moniliforme, Roth. Cooke, t. 120. In ditches, Kelvedon ; Rivenhall (E.G.V.) Var. confusum, Hass. Cooke, t. 123. Feering; Coggeshall; Kelvedon (E.G.V.). Var. stagnale, Ag. Kelvedon ; Coggeshall (E.G.V.). B. vagum, Roth. Cooke, t. 125. In ditches, Rivenhall (E.G.V.). B. atrum, Harv. Cooke, t. 126, f. 1. In ditches, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). DOUBTFUL SPECIES. Lyngbya thompsoni, Harv. Hass., p. 222. On stick in a pond, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). L. punctalis, Hass. Hass., t. 60, f. 4. In an aquarium, Kelvedon ; Felix Hall (E.G.V.). L. vermicularis. Hass., t. 60, f. 5. In ditch, Feering ; Tip- tree Heath (E.G.V.). L. cinerea (Oscillatoria, Hass.). In ditch, Kelvedon (E.G.V.). N 2