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.

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.