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*Spatoglossum Kuetz.

*Spatoglossum sp. nov.?; V. W. L. (1946), IX, No. 209.

The New Zealand plant does not quite agree in structure with the Australian species. This is the largest of all New Zealand Dictyotales,

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measuring sometimes 60 cm. in height. It varies a great deal in form and texture according to the latitude, the season, the age of specimen, and the depth at which it grows. Juvenile plants sometimes closely resemble Taonia, but may readily be distinguished by their lack of transverse, concentric striae.

Loc. distr.: Motiti Is. (Miss L. M. Cranwell); Coromandel?; Wellington (W. A. Scarfe, Miss L. B. Moore); Argyll Beach, Bluff (Mrs. O. Sansom); Stewart Is. (Mrs. Willa). Spring and summer months.

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