Chapter VIII: Section 3: Encyonema. Frustules in Tubes (2)

Valve elliptical, with produced apices; loculi usually less than 12, unequal, the larger in the middle; striæ, 12 in 10 µ, puncta in decussating rows. "Differs from apiculata in its more broadly elliptical shape, the smaller number of its loculi and the angular character of its striation" (Lewis).

{88}Considered by Cleve as synonymous with M. apiculata Grun., not Wm. Smith, and by De Toni as synonymous with M. apiculata Wm. Sm. In any case, M. angulata Lewis is not the same as M. apiculata Wm. Sm., the loculi of which are equal.

Atlantic City. H. L. Smith T. S. No. 211.

Pl. 17, Fig. 17.

STAURONEIS EHR. (1843)

(stauros, a cross, and neis (naus), a boat)

Frustules free, sometimes geminate; valve as in Navicula but with a stauros. Cell contents as in Navicula. Mereschkowsky, however, says that the chromatophores always contain more pyrenoids than are found in Navicula. Heinzerling gives the number as two to four in each chromatophore.

Cleve includes under Naviculæ Microstigmaticæ all species of Stauroneis, Pleurostauron, Schizostauron, certain Schizonemæ and Naviculæ. As a matter of convenience, and because I have already included certain Schizonemæ and Scoliopleura under Navicula, and because of the small number of species in our locality, I have arranged them under the three divisions of Cleve as follows:

_Stauroneis._--Forms having a true stauros, without diaphragms.

_Pleurostauron._--Forms like Stauroneis but with diaphragms at the ends.

_Schizostauron._--Forms having a bifid stauros.

STAURONEIS PHOENICENTERON EHR.

Valve lanceolate, obtuse; striæ radiate, 18 in 10 µ, distinctly punctate. L. usually 125 µ but sometimes 200 µ.

Common in fresh water.

Pl. 27, Fig. 1.

STAURONEIS ANCEPS EHR.

Valve lanceolate, with rostrate or capitate ends; stauros in some cases does not reach the margin. The varieties are very numerous.

_Var. gracilis (Ehr.) Cl._--Valve lanceolate, striæ very fine; margin of stauros striated. L. 100 µ. Cape May, N. J. Pl. 27, Fig. 5.

_Var. amphicephala (Kuetz.) Cl._--Valve capitate at the ends; striæ, 24 in 10 µ. L. 47 µ. Fresh water. Pl. 27, Fig. 7.

_Var. ?_--Valve with produced ends; striæ, 30 or more in 10 µ. L. 104 µ. Willistown, Pa. Pl. 27, Fig. 4.

_Var. ?_--Valve with produced ends; striæ, about 28 in 10 µ, punctate. L. 47 µ. Newtown Square. Pl. 27, Fig. 8.

_Var. ?_--Valve with produced ends; striæ, 22 in 10 µ, showing a tendency to form longitudinal rows of puncta as in Stauroneis stodderi Greenleaf, but the rows are not so evident. L. 60 µ. Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Pl. 27, Fig. 9.

STAURONEIS FRICKEI VAR. ANGUSTA N. VAR.

Valve lanceolate, gradually tapering to the obtuse ends; terminal fissures prominent, forking at a distance of 7 µ from the ends. Frustules frequently geminate. L. 173 µ.

Newtown Square. Rare.

Pl. 26, Fig. 18.

Near Stauroneis frickei A. S. (Atlas, Pl. 242, Fig. 16), except that the stauros is narrow at the margin.

{89}STAURONEIS SALINA WM. SM.

Valve lanceolate, obtuse; stauros narrow, with short, scattered striæ at the margin, 18 in 10 µ, punctate. L. 65 µ.

Along the coast. Common.

Pl. 27, Fig. 6.

STAURONEIS LEGUMEN EHR.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, inflated in the middle, with produced sub-capitate or rostrate ends separated by diaphragms. Stauros wide, striated at the margins; axial area very narrow; striæ radiate, about 26 (?) in 10 µ, punctate. L. 28 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 39, Fig. 15.

In Cleve's description and Van Heurck's figure, the median inflation is "not larger than the others." In the present form the median inflation is wider.

STAURONEIS ACUTA WM. SM.

Valve rhombic-lanceolate, obtuse; a diaphragm at each end; stauros widened outwards; striæ, 15 or 16 in 10 µ, punctate. L. 130 µ.

Blue clay.

Pl. 27, Fig. 2.

STAURONEIS AMERICANA A. S.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse; striæ, 14 in 10 µ. L. 119 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Rare.

The only specimen found is asymmetrical with respect to the transverse axis.

On Plate 40, Fig. 4, is illustrated an abnormal form of Stauroneis, apparently near S. acuta, having an elongated central nodule and radiating, curved and coarsely punctate striæ. Blue clay.

STAURONEIS SMITHII GRUN.

Valve lanceolate, inflated in the middle and at the ends, which have diaphragms and are produced into rostrate apices; stauros reaching the margin; striæ parallel, about 25 in 10 µ (28 to 30, Cleve), distinctly punctate.

Not uncommon in meadow pools near Newtown Square.

Pl. 27, Fig. 11.

STAURONEIS CRUCICULA (GRUN.) CL.

Valve lanceolate, with obtuse, produced ends; stauros bifid; striæ, 24 in 10 µ, oblique, parallel to the branches of the stauros, closer at the ends, punctate. L. 32 µ.

Newtown Square. East Park Reservoir. Rare.

Pl. 27, Fig. 10.

NAVICULA BORY (1826)

(dim. of navis, a boat)

Valve linear to elliptical; ends acute, rounded, rostrate, capitate or truncate; axial area usually distinct; central area distinct, rounded or rarely extended into a transverse fascia; striæ transverse or radiate, punctate; central area not dilated into a transverse stauros nor into horns.

{90}The endochrome in the greater number of species consists of two chromatophores extending along the zone and sometimes partly over the valves. Sometimes, however, as in N. hennedyi, N. lyra and N. humerosa, the bands are on the valves. Certain species have four bands, others eight, and in one the endochrome is granular. (Mereschkowsky, l. c., p. 9 et seq.) Pyrenoids are usually absent. On account of the diversity of the chromatophores, Mereschkowsky considers the genus not homogeneous. The difficulty of arranging groups according to the cell contents, however, is so great that, for the present, the species must be described by the usual characteristics of the valves and divided as follows, according to Cleve, to the extent of employing the classification of all Naviculoid forms as applicable, especially to the species of Navicula. Van Heurck's analysis includes Pinnularia, Trachyneis, Diploneis, Caloneis, Neidium and Anomoeoneis, which are here separated, while N. lyra and N. hennedyi are placed in different groups, although they are closely related. In other respects Cleve's divisions correspond, to some extent, to those of Van Heurck.

The genus Navicula at one time included the following: Dictyoneis, Pleurosigma, Gyrosigma, Caloneis, Neidium, Diploneis, Frustulia, Trachyneis, Anomoeoneis, Pinnularia and Stauroneis, and few forms with a raphe escaped. For this reason the diagnosis of the present genus is somewhat limited. Pleurosigma and Gyrosigma differ from Navicula in their outline, Dictyoneis in the double stratification, Caloneis in the marginal lines, Neidium in the median and terminal fissures, Diploneis in the horns, Frustulia in the terminal nodules, Trachyneis in the stratification of the valve, Anomoeoneis in the longitudinal arrangement of the puncta, Pinnularia in the smooth costæ and Stauroneis in the stauros.

As the object of the present work is to aid the student of local forms in the identification of species by the briefest methods, the further discussion of the reasons for classification will be left for his gratification in referring to the authorities on the subject.

PUNCTATÆ CLEVE

Valve elliptical to lanceolate; central nodule not stauroid or continued into lyriform spaces; striæ distinctly or coarsely punctate, in radiate rows.

NAVICULA MACULATA (BAIL.) CL.

Valve lanceolate-elliptical, with produced or sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, wider near the ends and dilated to a rounded, transverse central area; striæ radiate, 6 in 10 µ, puncta, 7 in 10 µ, in irregular, longitudinal rows. L. 90 to 120 µ (Cl.).

_Stauroneis maculata_ Bail.

_Navicula fischeri_ A. S.

Blue clay. Along the coast, especially southward.

Pl. 24, Fig. 1.

NAVICULA LATISSIMA GREG.

Valve oblong-elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, with sub-cuneate ends; axial area lanceolate, widened in the middle to an orbicular space; striæ radiate, 7 in 10 µ, puncta, 11 in 10 µ, the median striæ alternating with short striæ along the sides. L. 50-150 µ (Cl).

Blue clay. Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 24, Fig. 3.

{91}NAVICULA LATISSIMA VAR. ELONGATA (PANT.) CL.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with rounded ends; striæ and puncta closer than in the type form; axial area narrow, widened in the middle; terminal fissures hook-shaped, turned in different directions.

_Navicula humerosa_ var. _elongata_ Pant.

Fossil at Buckshutem, N. J.

Pl. 24, Fig. 5.

NAVICULA FUCHSII PANT.

Valve elliptical, with slightly produced apices; axial area wide, lanceolate; central area orbicular; striæ alternately longer and shorter in the middle, 10-12 in 10 µ; puncta on the border of the axial area larger, elongated; median fissures incrassate.

_Navicula humerosa_ var. _fuchsii_ (Pant.) Cl.

_Navicula_ (_latissima_ var.?) _fuchsii_ Pant.

Port Penn, Delaware River.

Pl. 24, Fig. 6.

NAVICULA HUMEROSA BRÉB.

Valve lanceolate-elliptical or oblong-elliptical, with sub-cuneate or sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, lanceolate; central area rounded, somewhat transverse; terminal fissures hook-shaped, in the same direction; central pores incrassate; striæ, 11 in 10 µ, the middle alternately longer and shorter, closer at the ends. L. 60-86 µ. Variable in size, outline and fineness of striation.

N. monilifera Cleve (N. granulata Bréb.) differs in having coarser striæ.

Blue clay. Along the coast.

Pl. 25, Fig. 5.

NAVICULA PUSILLA WM. SM.

Valve ovate-elliptical, with rostrate or sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow; central area elliptical; striæ radiate, 10-12 in 10 µ in the middle where they are longer and shorter alternately, closer at the ends; median fissures somewhat incrassate, terminal in the same direction. L. 47 µ.

Smith's Island, Delaware River.

Pl. 25, Figs. 4, 6?

Cleve gives the striæ as 13-18 in the typical form, and 11-13 in varieties. In the form here figured the striation is as stated by De Toni, but is about 19 at the ends.

Fig. 6 appears to be a small form of N. pusilla, near lanceolata Grun., at least according to the figure in "Arctic Diatoms," but not Gregory's figure. It occurs rarely in fresh water at Newtown Square. It may be a small form of N. punctulata and, if so, is probably accidental, as the material is entirely fresh-water.

NAVICULA PUSILLA VAR. SUBCAPITATA N. VAR.

Valve elliptical with rostrate-capitate and truncate ends; striæ about 12 in 10 µ in the middle where they are unequal; axial area narrow, slightly widened in the middle; central pores incrassate, terminal fissures in the same direction. Differs from type in outline and centre.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Rare.

Pl. 25, Fig. 8.

{92}NAVICULA DELAWARENSIS GRUN.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, lanceolate, widened in the middle; striæ about 10 in 10 µ; in the middle, much closer at the ends; puncta in the middle, 9 in 10 µ, closer and much smaller at the ends. L. 58-95 µ.

Cleve (Le Diatomiste, Vol. 2, p. 14) states that this form is very near N. pusilla but is much larger. Specimens from Smith's Island measure 58-65 µ, from Wildwood, 95 µ in length.

Pl. 25, Fig. 3.

NAVICULA PUNCTULATA WM. SM.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, central area rounded; striæ, 11 in 10 µ, closer at the ends, a few shorter in the middle; puncta, 10 in 10 µ. L. 54 µ.

_Navicula marina_ Ralfs.

Port Penn, Delaware River (brackish water).

Pl. 25, Fig. 9.

"Although this species is described as marine in the Synopsis of Prof. Smith, I have never found it in purely marine localities" (Donkin).

NAVICULA PUNCTATA VAR. ASYMMETRICA LAGERSTEDT

Valve lanceolate, with rostrate ends; axial area narrow, central area transverse, irregular; striæ radiate, punctate, 12 in 10 µ. L. 36 µ.

_Navicula amphibola_ Cleve.

Blue clay.

Pl. 27, Fig. 15.

NAVICULA BRASILIENSIS VAR. BICUNEATA CL., FORMA CONSTRICTA

Valve oblong-elliptical, slightly constricted, with cuneate-rostrate ends; axial area narrow; central area dilated transversely and unilaterally; striæ, 9 in 10 µ; puncta closer at the border and in irregular longitudinal rows in the middle; terminal fissures small, hook-shaped, turned in the same direction. L. 93 µ.

Corresponds closely to Cleve's variety except in the constriction.

Blue clay.

Pl. 25, Fig. 2.

NAVICULA LACUSTRIS GREG.

Valve lanceolate, sub-acute; axial area narrow; central area orbicular; striæ radiate, 14 in 10 µ, punctate, the median puncta sometimes more distant than the others.

Blue clay. Rare.

Pl. 27, Fig. 12.

LYRATÆ CL.

Valve elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate; striæ punctate, transverse; axial area narrow or indistinct; central area expanded on each side into lyre-shaped or horn-like blank spaces.

NAVICULA PRÆTEXTA EHR.

Valve elliptical; lateral areas not regular, with scattered puncta; striæ radiate, 5 or 6 in 10 µ; puncta, 7 or 8 in 10 µ; along the axial area, a single or double row of puncta; at {93}the middle of the border, on each side, two striæ approach each other closely with a short stria between them; terminal fissures small, in the same direction. L. 120 µ.

Port Penn, Delaware River.

Pl. 24, Fig. 2.

While variable in size and striation, approaching N. hennedyi, this species, as here figured, is found in the Miocene and later deposits and is extant in most parts of the world.

NAVICULA IRRORATA GREV.

Valve oblong-elliptical, with cuneate-rostrate ends; striæ, 7 or 8 in 10 µ, puncta, 7 in 10 µ; axial area bordered by puncta in unequal, transverse rows. L. 84 µ.

Blue clay. Rare.

Pl. 24, Fig. 4.

NAVICULA HENNEDYI WM. SM.

Valve elliptical; areas semilanceolate; striæ about 11 in 10 µ, sometimes longer and shorter on the margin; short rows of transverse striæ along the axial area.

Blue clay.

Pl. 25, Fig. 12.

_Var. circumsecta Grun._--As in the type but with the lateral areas faintly striate or punctate.

_Var. manca A. S._--Valve lanceolate-elliptical, the lateral areas narrow and convergent toward the ends; short rows of transverse striæ along the axial area; striæ, 9 in 10 µ; central pores incrassate.

Blue clay.

Pl. 25, Fig. 11.

NAVICULA LYRA EHR.

Valve elliptical, with rounded, sub-rostrate or sub-cuneate ends; lateral areas narrow; striæ, 6 to 14 in 10 µ (Cl.), punctate. L. 50-180 µ.

_Var. ehrenbergii Cl._--Lateral areas constricted in the middle, divergent at the ends. Cleve refers to Schmidt, Atlas, Pl. 2, Fig. 25, which is not divergent at the ends.

Along the coast.

Pl. 25, Fig. 10.

A narrower form occurs which has the areas divergent.

_Var. ?_--Valve elliptical, lateral areas narrow, convergent at the ends with short rows of punctate striæ; marginal striæ, 10 in 10 µ, punctate. L. 60 µ.

Squan River, N. J.

Pl. 20, Fig. 5.

_Var. dilatata A. S._--Valve elliptical, rostrate; lateral areas convergent in the middle and nearly parallel or convergent at the ends.

Blue clay.

Pl. 25, Fig. 13.

N. lyra is exceedingly variable in outline, fineness of striation and in the lateral areas. Intermediate forms occur approaching N. hennedyi and N. spectabilis. In N. hennedyi the lateral areas are broad, semilanceolate, not narrowed in the middle. In N. spectabilis the lateral areas are broad and narrowed in the middle. In N. lyra the lateral areas are narrow and either constricted or not in the middle. In many forms in {94}these three species the lateral areas are more or less striated or punctate. Cleve does not consider this a distinction of any importance, although certain varieties are founded upon it. All three species are very common in the blue clay and along the coast, but their varieties are too numerous to describe or figure.

NAVICULA SPECTABILIS VAR. EMARGINATA CL.

Valve elliptical; lateral areas broad, narrowed in the middle, delicately striated; marginal striæ, 10 in 10 µ. L. 70 µ.

Blue clay.

Pl. 25, Fig. 7.

NAVICULA PYGMÆA KUETZ.

Valve elliptical, appearing hyaline; axial and central areas faint; lateral areas convergent in the middle; striæ indistinct, about 25 in 10 µ. L. 23 µ.

Brandywine Creek (Palmer).

Pl. 27, Fig. 23.

DECUSSATÆ CL.

Valve elliptical or lanceolate; axial area narrow; central area small; striæ punctate, in transverse and oblique, curved rows.

NAVICULA PLACENTA EHR.

Valve elliptical, with short, rostrate-capitate ends; axial area narrow; central area elliptical; striæ in two directions, the transverse about 22 (to 27, Cl.) in 10 µ, the oblique striæ crossing in both directions in curved lines appearing "coarser than the transverse" (Lewis).

A very peculiar species which, as Cleve remarks, seems not to be allied to any other. L. about 35 µ, quite constant in size. It is reported from Finland, Scotland, Hungary and New Zealand. Dr. Lewis found it in the Delaware River. It is occasional in the Schuylkill River and the blue clay, and very abundant on Marchantia and mosses on the wet rocks of the upper Wissahickon (F. J. Keeley).

Pl. 27, Fig. 17.

LINEOLATÆ CL.

Valve more or less lanceolate; axial area narrow or indistinct; striæ radiate or parallel, lineate, that is, with the puncta closer than the striæ.

NAVICULA RADIOSA KUETZ.

Valve lanceolate with sub-rostrate apices; axial area indistinct; central area small; striæ radiate in the middle, from 6 to 8 in 10 µ, and convergent at the ends, about 12 in 10 µ. L. 47 µ.

Very common in fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 17; Pl. 40, Fig. 9.

NAVICULA PEREGRINA EHR.

Valve lanceolate, obtuse; axial area narrow; central area large, rounded or slightly irregular; striæ coarse in the middle, 5 in 10 µ, radiate; convergent at the ends, 7 or 8 in 10 µ.

Abundant in brackish water. Delaware River.

Pl. 26, Fig. 20.

{95}NAVICULA CYPRINUS (WM. SM.)

Valve lanceolate, slightly gibbous in the middle, sub-cuneate at the ends; axial area narrow; central area small; striæ radiate in the middle, 10 in 10 µ, with shorter, transverse striæ intermediate; transverse at the extreme ends. L. 82 µ.

_Navicula digito-radiata_ var. _cyprinus_ (Ehr. ?) Wm. Sm. Whether the form here figured is Ehrenberg's or not, it is the species known as Pinnularia cyprinus Ehr. of Wm. Smith.

Common in Shark River, N. J.

Pl. 26, Fig. 21.

NAVICULA REINHARDTII GRUN.

Valve elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, with broad, rounded ends; axial area narrow, widened at the ends to the width of the valve; central area widened transversely to an irregular, quadrate space; striæ coarse, 8 in 10 µ, distinctly lineate, alternately longer and shorter in the middle, radiate, nearly transverse at the ends. L. 59 µ.

Blue clay. Rare.

Pl. 26, Fig. 22.

NAVICULA LANCEOLATA VAR. ARENARIA (DONK.) CL.

Valve lanceolate; axial area very narrow or indistinct; central area small, rounded; striæ radiate, 11 in 10 µ in the middle, closer at the ends. L. 47-54 µ.

_Navicula arenaria_ Donk.

Shark River, N. J.

Pl. 26, Fig. 23.

NAVICULA SALINARUM GRUN.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate with produced sub-capitate or rostrate ends; striæ radiate in the middle, longer and shorter; transverse at the ends, lineate. L. 32 µ.

Atlantic City, N. J.

Pl. 26, Fig. 24.

NAVICULA VIRIDULA VAR. ROSTELLATA KUETZ.

Valve lanceolate with rostrate ends; axial area very narrow, central area orbicular; striæ radiate in the middle, about 12 in 10 µ, convergent at the ends and closer. L. 43 µ.

Common in fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 16.

NAVICULA GRACILIS VAR. SCHIZONEMOIDES (EHR.) V. H.

Valve lanceolate, obtuse; axial area widened in the middle; striæ radiate in the middle, about 12 in 10 µ, transverse or slightly convergent at the ends. L. 45-60 µ. Occurs in gelatinous tubes; usually found free.

_Colletonema neglectum_ Thwaites.

Fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 19.

NAVICULA RAMOSISSIMA (AG.) CL.

Valve lanceolate, sub-acute; axial area very narrow; central area scarcely widened; striæ, 12 in 10 µ, parallel throughout. L. 45 µ.

_Micromega ramosissimum_ Ag.

_Schizonema smithii_ Kuetz. (not Ag.).

East River, N. Y.

Pl. 26, Fig. 14.

{96}NAVICULA ANGLICA RALFS

Valve elliptical, with sub-capitate or rostrate ends; axial area narrow, central area small; striæ radiate, 12-13 in 10 µ, distinctly punctate. L. 26 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 26.

NAVICULA GASTRUM EHR.

Valve elliptical, with rostrate ends; axial area narrow, central area transverse or irregular; striæ radiate, 9 in 10 µ in the middle. L. 26 µ.

The form here figured approaches N. anglica.

Kirkwood Pond, N. J.

Pl. 26, Fig. 25.

NAVICULA DICEPHALA WM. SM.

Valve linear, with rostrate or rostrate-capitate ends; axial area narrow, central area rectangular, transverse; striæ radiate, 12 in 10 µ. L. 32 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 27, Fig. 16.

NAVICULA HUMILIS DONK.

Valve elliptical, with broad, rostrate ends; axial area narrow; central area small; striæ radiate and distant in the middle, convergent at the ends, coarse, appearing costate, averaging 9 in 10 µ. L. 19 µ. As Donkin states, the striæ are "very conspicuous."

_Navicula hungarica_ var. _capitata_ (Ehr.) Cl.

_Navicula globiceps_ Lagerstedt, according to Cleve.

Willistown, Pa.

Pl. 27, Fig. 24.

NAVICULA PINNATA PANT. ?

Valve lanceolate, obtuse; axial area narrow, widened in the middle; striæ coarse, 7 in 10 µ in the middle, radiate, 10 in 10 µ at the ends and transverse, indistinctly lineate. L. 40 µ.

Near _Navicula ardua_ Mann (Diat. Albatross Voy., Cont. U. S. Nat. Herbarium Vol. 10, Part 5, p. 336, Pl. 53, Fig. 2) which, however, is said to have "strictly unbeaded costæ."

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 27, Fig. 20.

NAVICULA PENNATA A. S.

Valve lanceolate, acute; axial area narrow; central area quadrate, transverse; striæ radiate, coarse, 5 in 10 µ, lineate. L. 68-95 µ (Cleve).

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 27, Fig. 22.

NAVICULA INFLEXA GREG.

Valve slightly elliptical-lanceolate, sub-acute, smooth at the ends; axial area narrow, widened in the middle; striæ radiate, 11 in 10 µ, lineate. Frustule in zone view constricted in the middle. L. 28-45 µ.

Common along the coast.

Pl. 27, Figs. 18 and 19.

{97}NAVICULA OBLONGA KUETZ.

Valve linear-lanceolate, with broad, rounded ends; margin sometimes undulate; axial area narrow; central area large, orbicular; striæ in the middle distant, radiate, convergent at the ends and curved or sharply bent, 7 in 10 µ, lineate. L. 70-200 µ (Cleve).

Blue clay. Occasional in fresh water.

Pl. 27, Fig. 21.

NAVICULA HASTA PANT.

Valve lanceolate, gently tapering to the obtuse, produced ends; axial area lanceolate, widened to an orbicular space in the middle; striæ radiate, the median coarse and quite distant, 5 in 10 µ, becoming closer at the ends where they are 12 in 10 µ, lineate. The distance between the median striæ gives the appearance of a stauros.

Occasional in the blue clay.

Pl. 27, Fig. 13.

NAVICULA HASTA VAR. PUNCTATA N. VAR.

Valve as in type but with striæ in the middle distinctly punctate and reaching the median line.

Greenwich Point, Philadelphia.

Pl. 27, Fig. 14.

NAVICULA RHYNCOCEPHALA KUETZ.

Valve lanceolate, with produced ends; axial area indistinct; central area small, rounded; striæ radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends, 10-11 in 10 µ, punctate. L. 42 µ.

Fresh water. Common.

Pl. 31, Fig. 8.

NAVICULA CRYPTOCEPHALA KUETZ.

Valve lanceolate, with rostrate ends; axial area indistinct; central area small; striæ, 16 in 10 µ, lineate, radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends. L. 28 µ.

Common in fresh water.

Intermediate forms occur between N. rhyncocephala and N. cryptocephala.

Pl. 31, Fig. 9.

NAVICULA LONGA (GREG.) RALFS

Valve slender, rhombic, elongated, with acute ends; axial area indistinct; central area small; striæ, 6 or 7 in 10 µ, radiate in the middle, elsewhere transverse; central pores closely approximate. L. 120 µ.

New Rochelle, N. Y.

Pl. 31, Fig. 10.

Cleve refers this form to N. directa var. remota Grun. Some specimens are found in this locality showing the "generally twisted" median line mentioned by Gregory.

MESOLEIÆ CL.

Valve linear or elliptical; axial area narrow; central area quadrate; striæ radiate, finely punctate.

NAVICULA MUTICA KUETZ.

Valve ovate, elliptical or lanceolate; axial area narrow; central area dilated into a stauros not reaching the margin; striæ about 20 in 10 µ, more distant in the middle, radiate, punctate. A punctum occurs on one side of the central nodule.

{98}Reported from New Jersey in fresh water. I have not found it. The figure is from a specimen from another locality.

Pl. 26, Fig. 6.

NAVICULA MINIMA GRUN.

Valve broadly elliptical, 13-15 µ in length; axial area narrow; central area small but with a quadrate pseudo-stauros which is striated; striæ, about 28 in 10 µ, radiate.

Agrees closely with N. saugeri var. Grun. in V. H. Synopsis, Pl. 14, Fig. 16, said to be intermediate between N. minima and N. atomoides Grun. N. minima var. atomoides Grun. is smaller.

Common in water-troughs.

Pl. 26, Fig. 13.

NAVICULA PUPULA VAR. BACILLARIOIDES GRUN.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area linear, expanding on both sides near the ends of the valve, forming a transverse lunate space; central area small, apparently expanded into a stauros, which, however, is striated; striæ, 18 in 10 µ, at the middle, closer at the ends, punctate. L. 54 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 26, Fig. 9.

BACILLARES CL.

Valve linear or linear-elliptical, with broad ends; axial area narrow, the median line enclosed in siliceous ribs; striæ finely punctate, more distant in the middle.

NAVICULA BACILLUM EHR.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area enclosed in siliceous ribs and slightly expanded on each side at the ends; terminal nodules incrassate; central area small, elliptical; striæ, 15 in 10 µ in the middle, transverse, distinctly punctate, closer at the ends L. 47 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 10.

Cleve describes the form as having slightly radiate striæ in the middle. There is considerable difference in the descriptions of Cleve, Donkin, Grunow and Van Heurck, as also in all of the figures.

NAVICULA AMERICANA EHR.

Valve oblong-linear, with rounded ends, sometimes slightly constricted; axial area about one-half the width of the valve, dilated in the middle; striæ parallel in the middle, radiate at the ends, 15-16 in 10 µ. A punctum is usually found in the central nodule. L. 55-154 µ.

Blue clay. Occasional in fresh water.

Pl. 26, Fig. 8.

DECIPIENTES CL.

Valve lanceolate, with obtuse ends; axial area narrow; central area orbicular; striæ radiate in the middle and more distant.

NAVICULA SEMEN EHR.

Valve elliptic-lanceolate, with sub-rostrate, truncate apices; axial area narrow, {99}sinuous; central area orbicular; terminal fissures small, hook-shaped; striæ robust, 7 or 8 in the middle, closer at the ends, indistinctly punctate or lineolate.

Blue clay. Not common.

Pl. 26, Fig. 11.

Cleve states that this form belongs to the post-glacial deposits and is found living only in the Hartz Mountains.

NAVICULA INTEGRA WM. SM.

Valve lanceolate with triundulate margins and rostrate-apiculate ends; striæ radiate, more distant in the middle, 20-23 in µ, punctate; axial area very narrow, central area rounded or elliptical. L. 33-43 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Common in Chester River, Md.

Pl. 26, Fig. 5.

MICROSTIGMATICÆ CL.

Valve lanceolate; axial area narrow; central area small, rounded; striæ finely punctate, nearly parallel. (Includes here only the division Libellus.)

NAVICULA TUMIDA (BRÉB.) CL.

Valve lanceolate, with rounded ends; axial area narrow, central area elliptical; raphe slightly sigmoid; striæ, 13 in 10 µ, finely punctate, a few shorter in the middle.

_Scoliopleura tumida_ (Bréb.) V. H.

Cape May, N. J.

Pl. 25, Fig. 1.

NAVICULA GREVILLEI (AG.) CL.

Frustules in gelatinous tubes, rectangular; zone with numerous longitudinal divisions. Valve elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse; axial area narrow, central area small; striæ lineate, about 18 in 10 µ in the middle where they are slightly radiate and more evident, closer near the ends and transverse; median line with terminal pores distant from the ends. L. 60 µ.

_Schizonema grevillei_ Ag.

East River, N. Y.

Pl. 31, Figs. 3 and 4.

NAVICULA LIBELLUS GREG.

Valve rhombic-elliptical, obtuse at the ends; axial area narrow, central rounded, small; striæ punctate, slightly radiate, about 19 in 10 µ; terminal fissures close to the ends, indistinct. L. 60 µ.

Cleve describes this form as having acute ends, while Gregory states that it is "more obtuse and broader than N. rhombica." Gregory's Figure 101 apparently shows the ends acute, but he says that the valve view is "rhombic or elliptic-lanceolate, broad, with obtuse ends" (Diat. of the Clyde, p. 57, Pl. 6).

Hackensack Swamp, N. J.

Pl. 31, Fig. 5.

ORTHOSTICHÆ CL.

Valve lanceolate or elongated; axial area narrow; central area sometimes apparently dilated into a stauros; striæ punctate, the puncta in transverse and longitudinal rows.

{100}NAVICULA CUSPIDATA KUETZ.

Valve rhombic-lanceolate, with acute ends; axial area linear, narrow, not widened in the middle; striæ transverse, 14-19 in 10 µ (Cl.). L. 70-150 µ.

Blue clay. Not uncommon in fresh water.

Pl. 26, Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 2 represents an inner valve or stratum, with strong costæ variable in size, formerly known as Surirella craticula Ehr.

_N. cuspidata var. ambigua (Ehr.) Cl._--Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with rostrate ends, smaller than the type and with finer striæ.

Crum Creek.

Pl. 26, Fig. 3.

NAVICULA SPICULA (HICKIE) CL.

Valve narrow, lanceolate with acute ends; axial area narrow, central area dilated into a stauros reaching the margin; transverse striæ, 25-29 in 10 µ, longitudinal closer. L. 50-130 (Cl.).

Sometimes confused with N. crucigera.

_Stauroneis spicula_ Hickie.

Newark, N. J.

Pl. 26, Fig. 4.

NAVICULA CRUCIGERA (WM. SM.) CL.

Valve lanceolate, narrow, with acute apices; central nodule a stauros reaching the margin but crossed by two or three coarser striæ; transverse striæ, 12 in 10 µ, punctate, the puncta about 25 in 10 µ. L. 80-100 µ (Cl.). Frustules in gelatinous tubes or free.

_Schizonema cruciger_ Wm. Sm.

Pl. 26, Fig. 15.

Reported as occurring in New York Bay, but I have not seen it. The figure is from a specimen from another locality.

MINUSCULÆ CL.

Valve lanceolate or elliptical, chiefly distinguished by the small size; axial area indistinct; central area small; striæ radiate, very finely punctate.

NAVICULA ATOMUS NÆGELI

Valve elliptical, 6-8 µ in length; striæ radiate, 26-30 µ, closer near the ends; axial area linear, scarcely widened in the middle.

Water-troughs and ditches. Probably common, but frequently not noticed because of its minuteness. A mounting medium of the highest refractive index, such as realgar, is required to resolve the striæ. In the figure the striæ are drawn a little coarser than they appear in most specimens.

Pl. 26, Fig. 12.

LÆVISTRIATÆ CL.

Valve lanceolate, axial area distinct; central area orbicular; striæ coarse, indistinctly punctate, approaching the costæ of Pinnularia.

{101}NAVICULA YARRENSIS GRUN.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with rounded ends; axial area lanceolate, widened in the middle; striæ, 5 in 10 µ. L. 97 µ.

Cape May, N. J. Common.

Pl. 25, Fig. 14.

Fig. 15, a smaller form, 65 µ in length; striæ, 6 in 10 µ.

Fig. 16, 54 µ in length; striæ, 8 in 10 µ (near var. valida Pant.).

NAVICULA ELEGANS WM. SM.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with produced ends; axial area very narrow, central area large, orbicular; striæ strongly divergent in the middle, slightly, if at all, convergent at the ends, curved toward the margin, indistinctly lineate, 9 in 10 µ. L. 95 µ.

Blue clay. Not rare.

Pl. 31, Fig. 1.

_Navicula elegans var. cuspidata Cl._--Valve as in type form but smaller and with rostrate apices; striæ, 10 in 10 µ. L. 82 µ.

Belmar, N. J.

Pl. 31, Fig. 2.

Cleve remarks that the type form is acute and the striæ 9, while the var. cuspidata has 12 striæ in 10 µ. In Fig. 1, Pl. 31, is represented a valve having 9 striæ in 10 µ, but not acute, while Fig. 2, with but slight variation in striæ, is more cuspidate. It is probable there are intermediate variations.

NAVICULA PALPEBRALIS BRÉB.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with acute apiculate ends; axial area broad, lanceolate; striæ radiate, lineate, about 11 in 10 µ. L. 60 µ.

Along the coast.

Pl. 31, Figs. 6 and 7.

On Plate 40, Fig. 5, is represented an abnormal form of Navicula in which the central pores are in a line transverse to the longitudinal axis and each raphe is curved in a line which almost returns to the centre. The puncta are in curved lines radiating from the rounded hyaline centre.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Weissflog has described valves of Navicula somewhat similar in punctation.

PINNULARIA EHR. (1843)

(pinnula, a small feather)

Valve linear or nearly so, with rounded ends; axial area broad; central and terminal areas large; costæ smooth, transverse or radiating, usually convergent at the ends.

The costæ are channels on the inside of the valve, closed, except in the middle where elliptical foramina, opening into the interior of the valve, give rise through their terminal margins to the two longitudinal lines on each side of the valve. The raphe begins as a groove in the side of the conical central nodule and continues as a cleft at right angles to the plane of the surface of the valve, in which case the raphe forms a single line; if the raphe is inclined to the valve surface, then two lines appear in projection, the upper and lower edges of the cleft. In some forms the surface of the edge of the raphe on one side is folded or grooved for a considerable distance, and the opposite edge is elevated into a ridge or {102}tongue fitting into the groove. In such cases it is possible, in projection, to see the upper or outer edges of the raphe, the lower edges and the edges of the tongue and groove, thus showing four lines; sometimes, when the tongue and groove do not meet, six lines. The so-called inner channel is the part of the raphe on the inside of the tongue, and the so-called exterior channel is the part of the raphe on the outside of the tongue. If, in addition to this formation of the raphe, the plane of cleavage changes toward the terminal nodules, the lines will cross each other and, when two are superimposed, disappear altogether. For the careful examination of the raphe it is necessary to employ large forms, and it is advisable to use nitrate of silver which remains in the raphe, and, as in slides mounted by Mr. F. J. Keeley, shows in a beautiful manner the entire outline of raphe and fissures. The terminal fissures owe their separation to the different directions taken by the two edges of the raphe on each side, one edge bending in a wide curve toward the end of the valve, showing two lines, the upper and lower edges of one side of the raphe when inclined to the plane of the surface, and the other edge of the raphe turning suddenly in an opposite direction and ending abruptly in a curve, giving rise to the appearance, by diffraction, of a punctum.

Pl. 40, Figs. 13, 14 and 15.

Endochrome consists of two chromatophores lying on the zones.

Pinnularia is usually divided into the Majores, or larger, and the Minores, or smaller forms, the latter being further divided according to their striæ. The following classification is chiefly that of Cleve.

_Majores._--Valve large, linear with parallel or slightly radiate striæ and broad axial area.

_Gracillimæ._--Valve small, striæ parallel or nearly so; axial area very narrow.

_Capitatæ._--Valve with capitate or rostrate ends; striæ radiate.

_Divergentes._--Striæ strongly radiate.

_Brevistriatæ._--Striæ short.

_Distantes._--Striæ distant.

_Tabellariæ._--Striæ radiate in the middle, strongly convergent at the ends.

_Marinæ._--Marine forms.

MAJORES

PINNULARIA MAJOR (KUETZ.) WM. SM.

Valve linear, usually slightly gibbous in the middle and at the ends; raphe oblique; axial area less than one-third the width of valve, convergent at the ends; striæ, 7 or 8 in 10 µ, radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends, crossed by a narrow band. L. ? to 300 µ.

Blue clay. Fresh water. Abundant at Middletown, Delaware Co. (T. C. Palmer).

Pl. 28, Fig. 4.

Fig. 9, Pl. 29, is one of a number of smaller forms which are difficult to determine, approaching P. viridis.

PINNULARIA MAJOR VAR. PULCHELLA N. VAR.

Valve strongly gibbous in the middle and gradually widened to the rounded ends; axial area broad, less than one-third the width of the valve, widened unilaterally in the middle; striæ, 7 in 10 µ, crossed by a band nearly as wide as the length of the costæ and scarcely distinct. L. 273 µ.

{103}The central nodule is scarcely evident, probably because it is not so thick as in other forms. The outline is near to that of N. mesogongyla and certain forms of N. nobilis, differing from the latter in the median line, striæ and band which is wider than that of P. latevittata var. domingensis Cl.

Hammonton Pond, N. J.

Pl. 28, Fig. 2.

A very beautiful form which I cannot find described or figured. It does not appear to be N. major var. turgidula Cl., which has a narrow band. In the fossil deposit from Hopkinton, N. H., valves occur similar in outline but smaller.

PINNULARIA NOBILIS EHR.

Valve slightly gibbous in the middle and at the ends; median line complex; striæ, 4 or 5 in 10 µ, slightly convergent or parallel at the ends, crossed by a band one-third as wide as the length of the striæ. L. ? to 350 µ.

Blue clay. Fresh water.

Pl. 28, Fig. 1.

PINNULARIA DACTYLUS EHR.

Valve broad, linear, slightly gibbous in the middle; ends broad, rounded; median line not complex, sinuous; striæ, 4 or 5 in 10 µ, crossed by a very broad band. L. ? to 300 µ.

_Navicula gigas_ A. S.

Blue clay. Fresh water.

Pl. 28, Fig. 3.

Forms occur which are with difficulty assigned to either nobilis or dactylus.

PINNULARIA DACTYLUS VAR. DARIANA (A. S.) CL.

Valve linear-lanceolate, obtuse; axial area broad, less than one-third the width of the valve; striæ, 6 in 10 µ, crossed by a broad band. L. 220 µ.

Absecon, N. J.

Pl. 29, Fig. 3.

PINNULARIA DACTYLUS VAR. DEMERARÆ CL.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with sub-cuneate ends; axial area lanceolate, broad in the middle; median line flexuose; striæ radiate throughout, 6 in 10 µ. L. 150 µ.

Blue clay.

Pl. 29, Fig. 10.

PINNULARIA GENTILIS (DONK.) CL.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area about one-fourth the diameter of the valve; striæ radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends, 7 in 10 µ, crossed by a broad indistinct band.

Fresh water. Not common.

Pl. 29, Fig. 1.

PINNULARIA TRIGONOCEPHALA CL.

Valve linear, gibbous in the middle and at the cuneate ends; axial area wider between the middle and the ends, dilated to an elliptical space in the middle; striæ, 6 in 10 µ. L. 145 µ.

Blue clay.

Pl. 29, Fig. 8.

{104}PINNULARIA VIRIDIS NITZSCH

Valve linear-elliptical, with rounded ends; axial area narrow, widened in the middle; striæ, 6 to 7 in 10 µ, crossed by a band as wide as one-third the length of the striæ.

Common in fresh water.

Pl. 29, Fig. 2.

Quite variable in size. Approaches P. major by intermediate forms as in Fig. 9, Pl. 29.

PINNULARIA VIRIDIS VAR. FALLAX CL.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area narrow, slightly widened in the middle; striæ sometimes unilaterally interrupted, nearly parallel, 10 in 10 µ.

Elm, N. J.

Pl. 29, Fig. 4.

In Fig. 2, Pl. 30, a form is represented which corresponds closely to Navicula viridis var. B, of Wm. Smith. It is given as synonymous with var. fallax; it is bilaterally interrupted. Blue clay.

PINNULARIA VIRIDIS VAR. ?

Valve linear-elliptical, with rounded ends; axial area narrow, widened in the middle to a transverse fascia which is sometimes unilateral; striæ, 14, in the middle, divergent, convergent at the ends and closer, crossed by a narrow band. L. 45-60 µ. Fascia sometimes absent or very narrow.

Northbrook, Pa.

Pl. 30, Fig. 17 (represents a form with wider area than usual).

PINNULARIA VIRIDIS VAR. CAUDATA N. VAR.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, with sub-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, widened to an orbicular space in the middle; striæ radiate in the middle, 11-12 in 10 µ, convergent and closer at the ends, crossed by a narrow band; median line with very long terminal fissures; terminal nodules noticeable because of the thickening of the edges of the terminal striæ. L. 43 µ.

Fresh water, Newtown Square. Not common.

Pl. 30, Fig. 18.

PINNULARIA SOCIALIS (PALMER)

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area broad, one-third the width of the valve; striæ slightly radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends, elsewhere parallel, 8 in 10 µ, crossed by an indistinct band about one-third the length of the striæ. L. 60-120 µ.

This species, discovered by Mr. Palmer near Media, Pa., is remarkable for the grouping of the frustules "held with girdle sides together by a siliceous cementing of valve edges and enclosed in a common coleoderm." The usual number included in a group is four, but sometimes six or eight are noticed. The frustules adhere near their ends and are so firmly fastened that boiling in nitric acid and bichromate of potash for fifteen minutes will not separate them.

_Navicula socialis_ Palmer (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1910, p. 460, Pl. 35).

Media, Pa.

Pl. 29, Fig. 5.

{105}PINNULARIA ÆSTUARII CL.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area broad, less than one-third the width of the valve; central area a transverse fascia; striæ, 7 in 10 µ, parallel except at the ends where they are slightly convergent; median line flexuose, with short, terminal semicircular fissures. L. 85 µ.

Port Penn, Delaware River. Rare.

Pl. 29, Fig. 6.

GRACILLIMÆ

PINNULARIA MOLARIS (GRUN.) CL.

Valve very convex, linear, with sub-cuneate ends; axial area narrow, expanded in the middle to a transverse fascia reaching the margin; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 16 in 10 µ. L. 60 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 29, Fig. 15.

PINNULARIA LEPTOSOMA GRUN.

Valve linear, rounded at the ends; axial area narrow; central area a broad transverse fascia; striæ slightly divergent in the middle and convergent at the ends, 17 in 10 µ in the middle, closer at the ends. L. 56 µ.

Fresh water. Not common.

Pl. 30, Fig. 10.

CAPITATÆ

PINNULARIA MESOLEPTA EHR.

Valve linear, with triundulate margins and capitate ends; axial area narrow, widened in the middle; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, about 12 in 10 µ. L. 34 µ.

Common in fresh water.

Pl. 29, Fig. 13.

PINNULARIA MESOLEPTA VAR. STAURONEIFORMIS GRUN.

Valve triundulate, capitate; axial area narrow, widened in the middle to a transverse fascia, broader at the margin; striæ strongly divergent in the middle and convergent at the ends, 9-10 in 10 µ. L. 70 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Fresh water.

Pl. 30, Fig. 20.

PINNULARIA SUBCAPITATA GREG.

Valve linear or linear-elliptical, with sub-capitate ends; axial area distinct, widened to a transverse fascia in the middle; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 13 in 10 µ. L. 32 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 29, Fig. 20.

{106}PINNULARIA SUBCAPITATA VAR. PAUCISTRIATA GRUN.

Valve linear-elliptical, with rounded ends; axial area gradually widened into a broad, transverse fascia; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 11-12 in 10 µ. L. 47 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 30, Fig. 16.

PINNULARIA TERMES (EHR.) A. S.

Valve linear, with concave margins and rostrate-capitate ends; axial area narrow, widened in the middle to an orbicular or sub-quadrate space; striæ divergent in the middle, scarcely, if at all, convergent at the ends, 10 in 10 µ.

Pensauken, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 29, Fig. 17.

This is, I believe, the form figured by Schmidt (Atlas, Pl. 45, Fig. 67). Cleve refers it to Pinnularia interrupta forma biceps, in which the central space is rhomboid.

PINNULARIA TERMES VAR. STAURONEIFORMIS V. H.

Valve linear, with concave margins and capitate-rostrate ends; axial area narrow, widened into a rhomboidal fascia, reaching the margin; striæ, 10 in 10 µ, divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends.

_Pinnularia interrupta forma stauroneiformis_ Cl.

Fresh water.

Pl. 29, Fig. 14.

PINNULARIA APPENDICULATA (AG.) CL.

Valve linear, with subcapitate ends; axial area narrow; central area a transverse fascia; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 16 in 10 µ. L. 43 µ.

Fresh water. Marl pits, Lenola, N. J. (Palmer).

Pl. 29, Fig. 18.

PINNULARIA BRAUNII GRUN.

Valve linear-lanceolate, with capitate ends; axial area gradually widened toward the middle and expanded into a fascia reaching the margin; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 11 in 10 µ. L. 52 µ.

Pensauken, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 29, Fig. 16.

PINNULARIA MICROSTAURON (EHR.) CL.

Valve convex, linear, tapering to sub-cuneate or sub-rostrate ends; axial area very narrow; central area a broad fascia; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 12 in 10 µ. L. 35 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 29, Fig. 19.

This form does not exactly correspond to Cleve's diagnosis, as the ends are not broad. All species in the group Capitatæ are quite variable.

{107}DIVERGENTES

PINNULARIA DIVERGENS VAR. ELLIPTICA GRUN.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area widened in the middle to a transverse fascia; striæ, 9 in 10 µ, divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends. L. 150 µ.

Fresh water. Not common in this locality.

Pl. 31, Fig. 13.

PINNULARIA CARDINALICULUS CL.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area wide, less than one-third the width of the valve, expanded to a transverse fascia; striæ divergent in the middle and slightly convergent at the ends, 9 in 10 µ. L. 97 µ.

Blue clay.

Pl. 30, Fig. 1.

As a rule, the median fissures in Pinnularia are turned inwards on the side of the longer edge of the terminal fissures, but not always. In this specimen the median fissures are turned slightly toward the side of the shorter edge of the terminal fissures.

PINNULARIA LEGUMEN EHR.

Valve linear, with more or less triundulate margins and broad, capitate ends; axial area less than one-fourth the width of valve, widened in the middle; striæ strongly divergent in the middle and convergent at the ends, 10 in 10 µ. L. 84 µ.

Fresh water. May's Landing, N. J.

Pl. 30, Fig. 3.

PINNULARIA LEGUMEN VAR. ?

Valve as in type, but with a transverse fascia; striæ, 10 in 10 µ, curved or bent near the ends. L. 84 µ.

This form is not var. florentina Grun.

May's Landing, N. J. (with the type).

Pl. 30, Fig. 4.

PINNULARIA BRÉBISSONII (KUETZ.) CL.

Valve linear-elliptical, with rounded ends; axial area narrow, widened into a transverse fascia which is usually broader at the ends; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, about 12 in 10 µ. L. 40-60 µ (Cl.).

Fresh water. Common.

Pl. 29, Fig. 12; Pl. 31, Fig. 11.

Variable in outline.

PINNULARIA MORMONORUM (GRUN.)

Valve linear, with rounded ends; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 10 in 10 µ; axial area rhombic-lanceolate, widened to a fascia usually reaching the border. L. 62 µ.

_Navicula mormonorum_ Grun.

Common near Willistown, Pa.

This form is regarded by Cleve as P. brébissonii, but the axial area appears to distinguish it. The valves are sometimes narrowed in the middle.

Pl. 29, Fig. 11.

{108}BREVISTRIATÆ

PINNULARIA ACROSPHÆRIA (BRÉB.) CL.

Valve linear, gibbous in the middle and at the ends; axial area about half the width of the valve; median line with approximate central pores; median area punctate; striæ nearly parallel, radiate at the ends, 9 in 10 µ. L. 32-180 µ (Cl.).

Blue clay. Recent, fresh water.

Pl. 30, Fig. 7.

PINNULARIA ACROSPHÆRIA VAR. TURGIDULA GRUN. ?

Valve strongly gibbous in the middle; ends rounded; striæ, 12-13 in 10 µ. L. 54 µ.

Blue clay, Gloucester, N. J., artesian well.

Pl. 30, Fig. 8.

PINNULARIA BLANDITA N. SP.

Valve linear, gibbous in the middle, and with rounded ends; striæ radiate in the middle, convergent at the ends, 13 in 10 µ; axial area about one-fourth the width of the valve, widened in the middle; median line with small semicircular terminal fissures. L. 65 µ.

Pavonia, N. J., artesian well. Rare.

Pl. 30, Fig. 25.

PINNULARIA PARVA (EHR.) CL. VAR. ?

Valve linear, tapering to the subcapitate ends; axial area broad, lanceolate; median line with approximate central pores and semicircular terminal fissures; striæ slightly divergent in the middle and convergent at the ends, 12 in 10 µ. L. 58 µ.

Differs from the type in having finer striæ.

Atco, N. J.

Pl. 30, Fig. 14.

PINNULARIA NODOSA FORMA CAPITATA CL.

Valve triundulate, with capitate ends; axial area about one-fourth the width of valve; striæ parallel, convergent at the ends, 10 in 10 µ, sometimes interrupted in the middle. L. 47 µ.

Fresh water. Common.

Pl. 30, Figs. 15 and 19.

PINNULARIA POLYONCA (BRÉB.) LEWIS

Valve with triundulate margins, more inflated in the middle, with capitate ends; axial area very broad; striæ marginal, short, 9 in 10 µ, divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends. L. 97 µ.

Kirkwood Pond, N. J.

Pl. 30, Fig. 21.

The description of Kuetzing (Species Algarum, p. 85), where he states that the margins are "triundulate, the median inflation larger, apices rounded-capitate," appears to sufficiently distinguish this species, which I believe to be the same as Brun's Navicula peripunctata, except that the form figured (Espèces Nouvelles, Pl. 16, Fig. 11) is interrupted in the middle, a common variation in these forms. Cleve makes Navicula polyonca Bréb. equal Pinnularia mesolepta, but at the same time he considers Lewis' form and also Brun's as equivalent to Navicula formica Ehr., and calls it Pinnularia nodosa var. formica Ehr. P. mesolepta has a narrower area than nodosa. I adhere to Lewis' identification, as in any case it is the form here figured and is nearly, if not quite, the same as Brun's species.

{109}DISTANTES

PINNULARIA LATA (BRÉB.) WM. SM.

Valve linear-elliptical, broad; axial area broad, widened in the middle; striæ slightly radiate in the middle, 3 in 10 µ; median line oblique, the terminal fissures hook-shaped. L. 86 µ.

Blue clay. Not uncommon.

Pl. 30, Fig. 23.

PINNULARIA BOREALIS EHR.

Valve linear, with rounded or sub-truncate ends; axial area about one-fourth the width of the valve, widened in the middle; median line with large hook-shaped terminal fissures; striæ, 4 or 5 in 10 µ. L. 54 µ.

Blue clay. Occasional in fresh water in a smaller form. Specimens occur intermediate between P. lata and P. borealis.

Pl. 30, Fig. 22; Pl. 31, Fig. 12.

PINNULARIA BOREALIS VAR. SCALARIS (EHR.) CL.

Valve narrow, linear; axial area broad, widened into a transverse fascia; striæ, 8 in 10 µ. L. 32 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 30, Fig. 24.

TABELLARIÆ

PINNULARIA STOMATOPHORA (GRUN.) CL.

Valve linear, with rounded ends; axial area less than one-third the width of the valve, gradually widened in the middle to a transverse fascia; on each side of the central nodule is a lunate space; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 13 in 10 µ; terminal fissures very long, bayonet shaped. L. 75 µ.

Cleve describes a variety continua as not interrupted. In some forms the fascia is marked by very faint, short striæ on the margin.

Fresh water. Newtown Square.

Pl. 30, Fig. 12.

PINNULARIA GIBBA (KUETZ.) V. H.

Valve linear, tapering to the subcapitate ends; axial area dilated in the middle; striæ, 10-11 µ, divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends. L. 80 µ.

Fresh water.

Pl. 30, Fig. 5.

PINNULARIA MESOGONGYLA (EHR.) CL.

Valve linear, gibbous in the middle, ends subcapitate; axial area narrow, widened in the middle to a large orbicular space; striæ strongly divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 11 in 10 µ. L. 60 µ.

Fresh water. Common.

Pl. 30, Fig. 6.

{110}PINNULARIA STAUROPTERA (GRUN.) CL.

Valve linear, with slightly triundulate margins tapering to the subcapitate ends; axial area more than one-third the width of the valve, slightly widened in the middle; median line with approximate central pores and semicircular terminal fissures; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 11 in 10 µ. L. 82 µ.

May's Landing, N. J.

Pl. 30, Fig. 13.

Some of the forms are more triundulate than the specimen figured.

PINNULARIA STAUROPTERA VAR. INTERRUPTA CL.

Valve linear, tapering to the subcapitate ends; axial area broad, widened in the middle to a transverse fascia; striæ divergent in the middle, convergent at the ends, 10 in 10 µ; median pores approximate. L. 118 µ.

Schuylkill River.

Pl. 30, Fig. 11.

PINNULARIA TABELLARIA (EHR.) CL.

Valve linear, gibbous in the middle and tapering to the subcapitate ends; axial area about one-third the width of the valve, widened in the middle; median line with approximate central pores and bayonet-shaped terminal fissures; striæ sometimes unilaterally interrupted, divergent in the middle, strongly convergent at the ends, 9 in 10 µ. L. 138 µ.

Blue clay. Rare.

Pl. 30, Fig. 9.

The form here figured has coarser striæ than in the type which is also usually more capitate.

P. legumen has triundulate margins, P. mesogongyla has an orbicular space, while P. gibba has the space widened. According to Cleve, P. gibba has approximate central pores, as has also P. mesogongyla. In what I have considered to be P. legumen, the central pores are more approximate than in the other two species mentioned. In fact, all of the three resemble each other closely, and are variously named by different authors. The form of P. gibba here figured, which may be P. stauroptera, is not the typical form of Wm. Smith, which has a narrow area and central space. There are, however, among the typical specimens in H. L. Smith's Type Slide No. 275, smaller valves which show a resemblance.

MARINÆ

PINNULARIA RECTANGULATA (GREG.) CL.

Valve linear, with abruptly rounded ends; axial area very narrow; central area large, somewhat quadrate; striæ, 7-8 in 10 µ. L. 78 µ.

_Navicula rectangulata Greg._

Shark River, N. J.

Pl. 29, Fig. 7.

{111}EPITHEMIA BRÉB. (1838)

(epithema, a cover or lid)

Frustules epiphytic, solitary, sometimes geminate, adherent on the ventral side at the ends; in zone view rectangular, sometimes tumid in the middle. Valve arcuate, having an interior costate stratum or transverse septa extending to the girdle, often detached, and an exterior valve surface with transverse rows of puncta. Central and terminal nodules not easily seen; in some species a true raphe is indicated.

The resemblance between Epithemia and Eunotia has been already mentioned. In the shape and striation of the valves there is an approach to Cymbella.

The genus is divided into two groups, one in which the costæ alternate with double rows of puncta, as in E. turgida, and the other in which the rows of puncta are more than two.

The endochrome usually consists of a band lying along the ventral zone and extending in two flaps on the valves.

EPITHEMIA TURGIDA (EHR.) KUETZ.