SEAWEEDS OF THE BLACKWATER ESTUARY 321 Calothrix pulvinata ((Mert.) C. Ag.) Born. et Flah. Osea Island, Batters (1897). Calothrix scopulorum ((Webb et Mohr) C. Ag.) Born. et Flah. Clacton, Batters (1894). Isactis plana ((Harv.) Thur.) Born. et Flah. Blackwater Estuary, Batters (1894). Rivularia atra (Roth.) Born. et Flah. Felixstowe, Batters (1894). Scytonemataceae Plectonema battersii Gom. Canvey Island, Carter (1933). Stigonematales Nostochopsidaceae Mastigocoleus testarum (Lagerh.) Born. et Flah. Maldon, Batters (1894). Phaeophyceae Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Acinetospora crinita (Marv.) Kornm. River Blackwater (East Mersea Saltmarsh), G.M.M., 1963. Ectocarpus arctus Kutz. Walton, Harwich, Dovercourt, Clacton and Felixtowe, Batters (1894) (as E. confervoides and E. siliculosus); River Blackwater (Mersea Quarters, St. Peters Flats, Colne Point, Nass End Buoy, St. Osyth), G.M.M., 1963. Ectocarpus crouanii Thur. Harwich and Dovercourt, Batters (1894). Ectocarpus erectus Kutz. Clacton, Batters (1894); Blackwater Estuary (Cocum Hills), G.M.M., 1963. Giffordia granulosa (Sm.) Hamel. Harwich and Dovercourt, Batters (1894) (as Ectocarpus granulosus); Blackwater Estuary (St. Peters Flats, Nass End Buoy, Stoney Point, Bradwell Creek), G.M.M., 1963. Giffordia mitchellae (Harv.) Hamel River Blackwater (Bench Head Buoy—Cocum Hills), G.M.M., 1963. Pilayella littoralis (L.) Kjellm. Walton, Harwich, Dovercourt, Clacton and Felixstowe, Batters (1894); River Blackwater, Clacton, Fingringhoe Wick, G.M.M., 1963. Spongonema tormentosum (Huds.) Kutz. Harwich and Walton Creek, Batters (1894). Ralfsiaceae Ralfsia clavata (Harv.) Crouan. Estuaries of the Orwell and Stour, Batters (1894). Ralfsia verrucosa (Aresch.) J. Ag. Felixstowe, Southend, Batters (1894). Myrionemataceae Myrionema strangulans (Grev.) Clacton, Batters (1894). Elachistiaceae Elachistia fucicola (Vell.) Aresch. Maldon, Clacton, Batters (1894). Leptonematella fasciculata (Reinke) Silvae. Harwich, River Black- water, G.M.M., 1963-64.