The Diatomaceæ of Philadelphia and Vicinity

by Charles S. Boyer

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?