FRAGILARIA CONSTRUENS (EHR.) GRUN.

Valve in general outline lanceolate, with produced apices; pseudoraphe lanceolate, distinct or broad; striæ subtle, 15 in 10 µ. L. of valve, 10-45 µ.

Staurosira construens Ehr.

Odontidium tabellaria Wm. Sm.

Blue clay.

Pl. [10], Fig. 30.

FRAGILARIA PARASITICA (WM. SM.)

Frustules solitary or in twos. Valve lanceolate, sometimes constricted in the middle; pseudoraphe wide, lanceolate; striæ subtle. Parasitic on other diatoms.

Odontidium parasiticum Wm. Sm.

Not common. Media (Palmer).