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.