pinna t is ar t icul isque te ro t i -o omp r e s s i s sou rotunc lato-compres s is . Keramidia
omnino n t iu Corallina squama ta , q u amq u am nunquam, q u a n tum
o b s e rv a r e potuimus , corniculata. F orma c vi,x nisi art icul is magis quam
in a et A compres s i s differt . Ilæo in ma r i me di te r ra neo f requens es t e t
sola, cujus inde ac c ep imu s speoimina, q u amq u am an a e t b in ilio mar i
d e s id e r en tu r , dic ere non po s sumu s . F o rm? d q uoad ar t iculos compres sos
cum c conveni t quidem, sed diversa e s t frondo breviori, apicibus (p ro p
te r ar t iculos raohidis su p e r io r e s u t r in q u e pinnul is gominis oriiato s) p a l ma
t im pinuuliferis. Articuli c e te rum p ro p te r c omp r e s s io n em, qua s t ru c
tu r a t rans lucet , sub zo u a t im s tr iati ( p ræ c ip u e iu Cor. Calvadosii L omo u r . )
In plur imis Cor. ofûciuali s formis, q u amq u am rar ius , vidimus in te rd um
ke ramidia ilia abnormia, ubiq u e p e r p la n tæ ar t iculos spar sa, s u b c o n lc o -
hemi sp hær ic a , q u a rum ment ionom focit Cel. Ila rvoy II. cc. Talia et iam in
Corallina sq u ama ta o bveniunt s e c u n d um Harvoy, ubi tamen n u n q u am vidimus
. Hæc s u n t organa, q uæ Cel. Trcvisan ad d u p l ic em il lam Coralli -
na rum fruot iüoat ionem inveiiieudam, u t nobis videtur , in d u x e ru n t . Sed
ut nos p utamus , su n t solummodo ve ræ fruct ificationis anamorpboses .
Sp e c imin a Coral l inæ officinalis c c r tæ e Capi te b o næ spei vidimus
nu n q u am. Quæ sub hoc nomine inde ac c epimus , su n t cum Ar tli rocardiæ
pa lma tæ, tum Arllir. co rymb o sæ formæ juniores , q uæ pro Cora llina officinali
ab incauto facile b abe r i pos sunt .
2 . C. NANA (Zanard. Cor. p. 2 0 see. Külz. Spec.) p u l v i n a t o -
cæ s p i t o s a , f r o n d e ima basi r a m o s a , r am i s s u b t r i - b i p i i i n a t i s ,
p in n i s c i i'c u r a s c r ip t io n e e l o n g a l i s p in n u l a t i s , p i n n u l i s s im p l i c
ib u s c om p l a n a t i s spatliiilatis I. l a n c e o la tis , a r t ic u l is r am o r u m
vi r e s c e n s ; ar t icul is infer ior ibus t e r e t ib u s , d iame t rum æq u a n t ib u s ;
su p e r io r ib u s o u n ea to-di latat is approximat is , % linealibus, diamet ro
paulo lo n g io r ib u s ; ramulis ult imis l in e a r ib u s , su b te r e t ib u s vel ( in
ar t icul is n o n d um expl icat is ) in p la n um flabel lato-digi tatum coadunat
is .
Hab. ad insulam Unalaschkam grega r ie cum Cor. f roudesoeii te (P o s i,
e t H u p r. t. c. q u o rum ch a ra c te r ex s c r ip t . )
Ut raque sp e c ie s vide tur n obis Coral linæ officinali pro x ima . Qu amq
u am nonnul la ut r iu sq u e speoimina co r am oculis h ab emu s , tamen c h a ra
c te r ib u s s t r iot ior ibus , q u am quos d e d e ru n t auctores ,' has species limi tare
no n po s sumu s . Inde diagnoses ex s c r ip s imu s . — Cfr. de ce tero Cel. Ru p -
recht ii opus eximium, Algce O c lio ten ses ins cr iptum, p . 162 (344) , ubi dé
t r ibus Cor. piluliferæ formis o rnate d i sp u tâ t auctor .
c om p r e s s i s c u n e a t i s , p i n n a r um s u b p la n i s o b s a g i l ta t i s lobi s acut is ,
p i n n u l a r um s u b p la n i s , k e r amid i i s . . . .
Coral lina n ana Z a n a r d . l. c. K ù tz . S p e c . p . 709.
l lab. ad o r a s Da lma t iæ (H e r b . S o n d e r ) . Ad o r a s Æg y p t i p r o p e
A l e x a n d r i am (H e r b . Keg, Acad. S c ie n t ia r . Ho lm. )
Fro n s eximie cæspi tosa , ramis s u b e r e c t i s dens e s tipatis pulvinata,
usque 2poll icaris . Rami n o n n u n q u am subt r ipinnal i , a t p le rumq u e bipi ti-
na t i ; p in n u læ ex unico raro dnobus art icul is co n s t ru c tæ, omnino ao in
p ræc e d e n t i specie. Articuli r amo rum in feriores , ut in Corallina officinali,
te r e te s 1. plus minus cyl indracei 1. subcyl indracei , su p e r io re s compres s i ,
c u n e a t i ; p inna rum magis compres s i , immo fere complanat i , s ed in medio
in te rd um in c r a s sa lo - su b c o s ta t i , indeque u t r inque al at i facile nominandi,
sæp e evident i s s imo obsagi t tat i lobisquo a c u l i s ; p innularum fero p la ni ,
spathulat i I. lanceola ti . Keramidia n u n q u am vidimus.
Spe c imen Cor. nanæ, a Zanardini d e te rmin a tum e t in Herb. Sonder i
as servatum, % u n ciam longi tudine vix æquat , s ed conve ni t in c e te r is cuni
n o s t r a pianta, quam, q u amq u am Cor. officinali et p ræs e r t im ejusdom formæ
c affinis quidem est, dis t inguere tamen debuimus , c um talem Cof.
officinalis formam e ma r i at lant ico vider imus nunquam.
* * Species hemisphæræ australis, (ch. Harv. Ner. a u str.p. AQ3).
3. C. ciiiLENSis (Decaisn.; Harv. Ner. austr. p. 1 0 3 ) f r o n d e b r e v i
d e n s e cæ s p i t o s a a p i c o p in n a t a v. b i p i n n a t a , p in n i s c r e b r i s
sn b f a s c lc u l a t i s , a r t ic u l i s in l imi s c a u l in i s q u e c u n e a t i s c om p r e s s i s
d i om e t r o s e s q n i lo n g i o r ib u s , s u p e r i o r i b u s o b o v a t i s l a t io r ib u s l o n -
g i o r i b u s q u o sæp o p a lma t i s vel a p i c e p r o f u n d o la ciniat is , r am u l
o r um g r a c i l ib u s c y l in d r a c e i s s imp l i c i b u s vel a p i c o t r l f id i s ,
k e r am id i i s ovat is t e rm in a l ib u s .
Hab. a d o r a s c b i lo n so s p r o p o Va lp a ra i so e t P o r t F am i n e . Ad
in s u l am No r fo lk ( l la rv . I. c . )
Uni-bipol licar is , s u p e rn e b i - t r i -p in n a ta ; pinnæ' longæ, e r e c to -p a te n te s ,
su p e r io re s sens im breviores . Articuli stipi tis r amo rumq u e diamet ro s e s -
quiloiigiores, cuneati, s impl ices, su p e r io re s longiores apioemquo . versus
magis dilata ti , forma ir regulares , sæ p e lacin iati 1. c r e n a t i ; p ræs e r t im apicales
sæp e palmat i.
Cor. p a lma tæ K ü tz . e t Cor. Deshayes ii M ont, valde affinis. Specimina e
P or t Famine r e p r e s s a videntur e t c r e s c u n t fo rsan in limite a q næ super ior i ;
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