c r e b e iT Îm is ei’c c t o - p a t e n t i b i i s s u r s um s e n s im b r e v i o r i b u s , aiTi-
culis d i am e t r o vi.v l o n g i o r ib u s , b a s il a r ib u s in c r a s s a t is c o m p r e s s o -
le r o l ib u s s u b q u a d r a t i s , m e d i i s c om p r e s s i s c u n e a t o - d e l t o i d e i s
b e x a g o n i s a n g u l is o b tu s is ( n e c p o r r e c t i s ) , s u p e r i o r i b u s q u a d r a tis,
a r t ic u l is r am u l o r um c u n e a t i s o b lo n g i s v e c om p r e s s i s , u ltimis
e l iip s o id e is o b tu s is s imis.
ll a b . ad No v am H o l la n d iam a u s t r a l em p r o p e P o r t P h ilip p e (He rb .
Univers. Du b lin .)
Pulchra species h abi tu p ræc e d e n t i s (A. corymbosa Harv.), a qua ar t iculis
obtus e - loba t i s dignosci tur . {Charact. e t descr ipt . Harv. exs c r ipt . )
5. A. Mamardiæ (Harv. Ner. austr. p. 9 9 ) fron d e robusta pluries
pinnata c i r cums c r ip t ion e lat iss ima, pinni s p in n u l i sq u e c r eb e r r i mi
s e r e c to -p a t en t ib u s sur sum br evioribus , pinnul is ul t imi s gra c
i l ibus at tenuat is tere t ibus , articulis d iame t r o sub d u plo lo n g io ribus,
basi laribus incrassatis , med i i s c omp r e s s i s cu n e a t o -d e l t o id e i s
b ex a g on i s angul is obtus is vel vix acut is , supe r io r ibus cuneat is ,
articulis r amu lo rum cyl indracei s fil iformibus apicibus acutis .
Hab. ad No v am Ho lla n d iam a u s t r a l em p r o p e P o r t P b ilip p o
(Ha rv . 1. c.)
A. Wa rdi i valde affmis for s i tanque ejus potius var ietas q u am dis tincta
species . Dif fert p ræc ip u e pinni s s emp e r angus t i s e t cyl indraceis in a c umen
at tenuat is . Articuli te rmina les sæp iu s incras sat i , veluti in i isdem forma -
r e tu r c e ramid ium (Char , e t desor ipt . Harv. ex so r ip t . )
Spec. gen. ct affinitate dubia.
6 ? A. CAPENSIS (Leach. ap. Decaisn. in Annal, des Scienc. nat. \8 i2
Bot. vol. XVIII. p. I ' l9 ) l e n u i o r , m u l t i c e p s , f r o n d e basi t e r e ti
s u r s um c om p r e s s a n u d i u s c u l o - s t i p i t a t a a p i c e c o r ym b o s o - p i n n a t a
1. a b a s i s u b r e g u l a r i t e r d i c b o t om a , p in n i s r am i s q u e p a t e n t i b u s ,
a r t ic u l is i n f e r i o r i b u s m e d i i s q u e c om p r e s s o - l . s u b c o i n p l a n a t o -
a n c ip itib iis c u n e a t im a t t e n u a t i s d i am e t r o m a x im o s u b d u p l o l o n g
io r i b u s , s u p e r i o r i b u s s imi lib u s i. in b a sin m o x t e r e t i - a t t e n u a -
tis d i am e t r o m a x im o u s q u e 4 p l o— 5 p lo lo n g i o r ib u s , om n i b u s
n u n c e lo b a ti s n u n c b r e v i t e r Io b a tis , a p i c a lib u s l i n e a r i b u s I.
s p a tb u la tis.
Corallina oapensis L ea ch . ap. D e ca isn e t. c.
a. f r o n d e s u b r e g u l a r i t e r p in n a t a , a rtic u lis s u p e r i o r i b u s c o m p r e s s o -
p la n is d i am e t r o m a x im o u s q u e S p io I. 3 p lo lo n g io r ib u s .
fi. f r o n d e s u b r e g u l a r i t e r d ic b o tom a , a r t ic u l is s u p e r i o r i b u s a p i c e c o m -
p r e s s o - p l a n i s in b a s in l e r e t i - a l t e n n a t i s d i am e t r o m a x im o u s q u e
5 p lo lo n g i o r ib u s .
llab. ili s i n u Na ta len s i Africæ a u s tr a lis f r e q u e n t e r (H e r b , p r o p r . )
E callo radicali mul ticeps . Frons 1— 2 -poll icaris , coloris viridis 1.
luteo-albesc ent i s , mino fere regular i te r pinna ta, nuno fere r egular i te r di-
ohotoma, et, has q uoad notas, in n úme r a s offerens formas intermedias . In
forma a . art icul i infimi omnino cyl indracei, diamet ro 2plo 1. 3plo longiores,
mo x vero p e r totam supe r iorem frondis p a r t em plus minus compres s i , s u b -
complanat i 1. plani, medio ta n tum in te rd um longi tudina l i ter elev a to - in c r a s -
sati , ma rg in e u t r in q u e tenuiores , indeque anc ipi tes non ma le nominandi,
apice u t r in q u e sæpis s ime br ev i te r lobati , lobis su b p atent i -divar ioat is , late
cuneat i , diamet ro maximo 2plo ple rumq u e longiores ; in fo rma /S. art icul i
infer iores medi ique fere u t in «, s ed su p e r io re s articuli ex apice plus
min u s compre s so latoque mox in formam te r e tem v er sus b as in at ten u an tu r ,
e t fiunt sæp i s s ime d iamet ro maximo u sq u e Spio, immo forsan 6plo longio
r e s ; art icul i apicales mul to et iam magis quam in « elongati , lineares,
1. in bas in pdus minus at tenuat i , spalhulati .
Planta innumer is visis speciminibus nobis ad h u c quoad genus atque
affinitatem dubia, quo loco melius ins e re nda sit, nos omnino fugit. Nuilam
plane invenimus fruct ificationem. Sub nomine Coral linæ capens i s D e ca isn .
mi s i t Mar tens . An vero sit vera Cor. c apens i s L ea ch , e t D e ca isn e i, dioere
p ro ce rto non audemus .
XCIII. J ania Lamour. Bull. phil. 1 8 1 2 . Hist, des Pol. flex,
p. 2 6 6 . Johnston British Sponges und Lithophytes p. 2 2 4 .
Kütz. Phyc. gen. p. 3 8 8 . Spec. p. 7 0 9 . J a n iæ Spec. Decaisne
in Annal, des Scienc. not. 1 8 4 2 . Bot. v. 2 p. 1 2 3 . Endl.
Suppl. IU. p. 4 9 . Harv. Ner. austr. p. 1 0 4 . Co ra l linæ Sp e c .
Linn., Pall., Ell. et Sol. et Lamarck.
F r o n s c a l c a r e a fragilis s u b i e r e s s e t a c e o - f l l i f o rm i s d i c b o t om a , e d u o -
b u s c e l l u l a r um stra tis, c o r t ic a l i c e llu lis o b lo n g i s e t in t e r i o r i
ce llu lis fil ifo rmib u s s u b c o n l i n u i s laxis f o rm a t o , c o n s t r u c t a , a r t i c
u l a t a ; a rtic u li c y l in d r a c e i, s u b c la v a li I. s u b o b lia st a ti c om p r e s s i ,
g e n i c u li s e c o r t i c a t i s b r e v i s s im is s u b a d p r e s s i . K e r a m id ia t r a n s f
o rm a t i o n e a rticu li d i c b o t om i a r u r a s i i p c r i o r um in fimi e x o r t a ,
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