d enique (nomine Ga la xauræ oyl indr icæ) e s inu Neapol itano vidimus . Duas
igi tur in mar i me d i te r ra n eo le ctas Amphi roa s h ab emu s , a l teram A r igidam
su p r a d e s c r ip tam, al teram ad A. exile ra p e r t in en tem. Hanc u l t imam n o mine
A. lieauvoisii d es cr ips i s s e vide tur Lamouroux, ad q u am e t iam A.
comp lan a ta M i t . p e r t in e r e videtur . Sed magis dubia e s t nobis A. p u s
tula ta M a r t., ad nume rosa A. r igidæ synonyma forsan optime referenda.
Ilu ic speciei s u n t forsan p ro x imæ Amphiroa Kars talski i Hiipr. e t A.
Cumingii R u p r ., q u a rum u t r iu sq u e ta n tum vidimus f ragmenta, e x quibus
ips as species p eui tus c ognos c e re non po s sumu s , q u am e t iam p r o p t e r o a u -
s am ea sdem ab Gel. Auotore d e s c r ip ta s exspeotamus .
'10. A. DILATATA ( L a m o u r P o i. f l e x . p . 2 9 9 ) f r o n d e ima basi s i i b -
t e r e t i s n r s nm c om p i'e s s o - p l i in a d i - t r i c l i o t om a , r am i s p iiten tib u s ,
a r t ic n l is in fimis t e r e tl lu is , m e d i i s c om p r e s s i s , s u p e i io r i b u s c o m -
p la iia tis I. p l a n i s l i n c a r i - c a n e u l i s m e d i o s n b c ü s l a t o - e l e v a l i s
e x t r em i t a t e s u p e r i o r i u l r i i i q n e d e n t a t i s , g e n i c u li s b r e v i b u s , k e r
am id i i s n um e r o s i s s im i s .
Amphi roa dilatata L am o u r . l. c. — H a rv . N e r . a u s tr . p . 97.
Amphi roa g a laxauroide s S o n d . P la n t. P r e is s . vo l. 2 p . '188.
Hab. a d o r am A f r i cæ a u s t r a l em n e c n o n INovæ H o lla n d iæ o c c
i d e n ta l is (H e r b . S o n d e r i i ) .
F ro n s 3—4-pol l icari s inferne su b t r ic h o toma , su p e rn e magis regula r i te r
dichotoma . Articuli quo su p e r io r e s eo e t iam magis plani, l ineares 1. l in e a r i -
cuneat i , super ior i e x t r emi ta te u t r in q u e dentati , dent ibus su p e r imp o s i tum
ar t iculum a t t inge nt ibus e t in te r se gen icu lum n u d um r ed d en l ib u s , su p r emi
3 mill im. lati e t 6— 7 millim. longi.
S p e c ie s Amph. e p h e d ræ æ sine dubio oum pr ior i p ro x ima e t a Cel.
Decai sne in A n n a l, des S c ien c . n a t. 4842. B o t. vol. 2 pro synonymo A.
Gaillonii L a m o u r ., q uæ e s t mera, u t puta raus , A. e p h e d ræ æ var ietas , h a bita.
Speoimina Harveyi n u n q u am vidimus, sed descr ipt io da ta in p la n tam
Sonder i p e rb e n e oadit. Differt de oetèro n o s t r a planta ab A. e p h e d ræ a
d e n t ib u s illis de s c r ip t i s p ot ius q u am f ronde su p e rn e c omp lan a ta , q uæ in
ilia, u t s u p r a vidimus , mirif ic e var iat .
'l'I. A. ANCEPS ( L a m a r c k . M em . d u M u s . I I p . 2 3 8 ) f r o n d e im a
b a s i s u b t e r e t i , s u p e r n e c o m p r e s s o - c om p l a n a t a d i - t r i c b o t o m a ,
r am i s s u b e r e c t i s , a r t ic u l is in fimis t e r e t i b u s b r e v i s s im is , m e d i i s
e l o n g a t i s p lu s m i n u s c om p r e s s i s l i n e a r i - o b l o n g i s 1. s u b e i i i p t i c o -
o b lo iig is e x t r em i t a t e s u p e r i o r i s u b em a r g i n a t i s , s u p e r i o r i b u s t e r -
m i n a l i b u s q u e s e n s im s u b a n g u s tio i - ib u s " l i n e a r i - c i a v a t i s l i n e a r i b
u s q u e t r u n c a t i s ," g e n i c u li s lo n g iu s c u lis , k e r am i d i i s ..............
Coral lina a n c ep s L a m a r c k , t. c.
Amphi roa anc eps D e ca isn , A n n a l, d e s S c ie n c . n a t. 1842. B o t. v . 2.
p . 125. H a rv . N e r . a u s tr . p . 98 t. X X X V I I .
llab . a d o r am in s u læ No r f o lk (H e r b , u n iv e r s i t . Du b lin .)
Seq u en t i q u am pr ior i longe affmior, sed, q u a n tum o speciminibus non
omnino complet is di judica re po s sumu s , v e r e diversa. F ro n s u sq u e 4 -
poll icaris , coloris rubr i , purp u r e i 1. vi re sc ent is , ma g n o p e r e compos i ta, inferne
omnino t r ichotoma , s u p e rn e magis magisque reg u la r i te r dichotoma. Ar ti-
ouli infimi te re te s e t brevi s s imi , medii complanat i neo plani, ma rgine obtus i
pot iu s q u am acuti, u sq u e t re s lineas longi e t vix 1. ci rci ter 4 millim. lati,
apice b a s iq u e s u b t ru n c a t i 1. ilio loco sub d en ta t i , geniculis q u am in pr ior i
specie longior ibus d i s ta n te s ; su p r emi , s e c u n d um Harvey, linear i -c lava t i ,
s ed in meis sp e c imin ib u s ellipt ioo-oblongi , magis q uam medii compres s i ,
non vero plani. Ab A. dilatata, quam nos desor ips imus , differt p ræs e r t im
ar t icul is in su b e l l ipt icam n e c l inearem a u t c u n e a tam formam te ndent ibus ,
c l a s equente, cui r everá affinior es t, c l iarac ter ibus adhuo. evidentior ibus .
'12. A. liowERRANKii. (H u r v . N e r . a u s l r . p . 97 t. X X X V I I ) fronde
ima basi subtereti, superne complanato-plana di-tricbotoma,
ramis patentibus, articulis infimis subteretibus, mediis et su-
perioribns lato- I. obovato-oblongis I. obovato-cuneatis sub-
planis, terminalibus rotundatis I. subobovatis submembranaceo-
planis, geniculis calcareo-granulosis, keramidiis minutis.
Amphiroa dilatala K r a u s s B e iträ g e t u r K e n n tn is s d e r C o ra llin en v .
Z o o p h . p . 20. — B e iträ g , t u r P lo ra des Cap. u n d N a ta l-la n d e s p . 206.
Hab. a d o r am C a p e n s em a s in u Bay F a ls o u s q u e ad P o r t Natal,
n o n i n f r e q u e n t e r . (H e r b , p r o p r . e t a l io r .)
F ro n s usquo 4-poll ioar i s, coloris p u rp u r e i rubr i , sæp e plus minus dilu
ti, u t in pro x imi s sp e c ie b u s basi t r ichotoma , s u p e rn e vero magis magis qu
e r e g u la r i te r dichotoma . A pr ior i a b u n d e dif fert geniculis granul is 1— 7
ca lcare is adspcr s is , ar t icul is u sq u e 4 lineas longis et 1 % lin. la tis, quo
su p e r io r ib u s eo et iam magis planis , immo te rmin a l ib u s memb r a n a c e o -
cha r lace is , medi is la te - cu n e a t i s , n ec u t in pr ior i , oblongis, u l r a q u e e x t r e mi
tate 1. super ior i ta n tum emarginat is , u t p e r ema rg in a t io n em t r a n s lu c e a t
geniculum. Keramidia p r o p t e r a r t icu lo rum la t i tu d in em q u am in pr ior ibus
nume ro s io r a .
'13. A. AUSTRALIS ( S o n d . i n M o h l. e t S c h l e c h t e n d . B o t Z e i t . '1845 p.
5 5 ) dicliotoma 1. geniculis prolificantibus triebotoma, articulis
compressis ovalibus oblongisve lævissimis.
Hai), a d la tu s o c c i d e n t a l e No væ Ho lla n d iæ. He rb . Pre is s . N;o
2 6 0 0 .
Specimina Preis s iana inc omple ta bipollioaria . Articuli infer iores 4
lineas longi, 2 —2 % l ineas la ti, c omp r e s so -p ian i , oblongi, ovat i 1. obovati,
su p e r io r e s e t la terales sæ p e duplo tr iplove minores , omne s pal lide rosei,
nitiduli . F ru c tu s ignoti.
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