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olc va ta , ce l lul i s s t r a t i in t e r i o r i s m i n o r i b u s e t m u l to d e n s iu s s t ipa t is
c o n s t a n s , m a j o r em c o c c id i i p a r t em o c c u p a n s . G em m id i a (si r e c t o
v id e r im ) in Illis a p l a c e n t a r a d i a n t i b n s clavat i s a iT i c u l a to -m o n i l i f o r -
mib i i s e v o lu ta , p l u r im a , o b o v a t o - e l l ip t i c a . Fila s p a r s i s s ima s u b s im p
l ic ia i n t e r p l a c e n t am e t p e r i c a r p i um e x t e n s a v i d e r e c ro d id i . (Ob
d i f f ìc u l ta tem, ijiia r e v iv i s c u n t , e t fo r s a n s t a t um n o n o p t im um s p e c
imin i s f ru c t i f e r l , q u o d e x amin a v i , d e n a t u r a f r u c tu s c a p su l a r i s n o n
om n i n o c e r t u s s u m ; vix t am e n d u b i t o q ui i i s t r u c t u r am co c c id i i
o l fe ra t ) .
G e n u s , u t b o d io c o g n i t um , P lo c a r iæ af f ine e t p r o x im um , b a b i tu
m a g i s q u am c l ia r a c t e r i b u s m a j o r i s m o m e n t i d iv e r s um . Qu o q u i d em
d u c e n t e a Grevi l le q u o q u e f o rm a t um v i d e t u r , a s e q u e n t i b u s vix
u l t e r iu s i l l i i s t r a tum. Mo n t a g n e u s , n ova ex i t in e r e a n t á r c t i c o r e p o r ta
ta s p e c i e , q u am , l i c e t a m e n o n nis i f igura c o g n i t am , typicæ
s p e c i e i s u m m o p e r e a f i ìn em vix d u b i t o , g e n u s H y d r o p u n t iæ h u ic
p r o p o s u i t , a u c to r i q u o a d af f in i ta tem ita d u b i um , u t il lud i n c e r t e
s e d i s p o s t a l i a e n um e r a v i t , s i ip p o s i t a t am e n u t v id e tu r c um S p boe -
r o c o c c o i d e i s af f ini tate. Kù lz in g l l y p r o p u n t i am in vic inia Gig a r t inæ
co l locavi t .
1. C. Salicornia (Mert. mscr.) f r o n d e a bas i a r t i c u l a t o - c o n s t r i c t a ,
a r t ic u l i s c l a væ f o rmi b u s , r am i s a b a p i c e a r t ic u l i 3— 4 v er t ici l lat is .
F u o u s salicornia M e r i.
S p hæro co o cu s Salicornia Ag. Ic o n . Alg, in e é . tab. V i l i ! Sp. p . 302 !
S g s t. p . 232!
Corallopsis Salicornia G re v .; J . Ag. in Ed. I I . Ic o n . Alg. l. c .; K u tz .
sp. p . 7 8 3!*) .
Hab. a d l i t to r a ü n a la s c l ikæ (C b am i s s o ! ) .
F rondes palmares , a radice ( u t vide tur ) ar t iculatæ, art icul is uncialibus
b as i fere s eta ceis , s u r sum inc ras sat is , apice fere cephaloideo p o n n am cor vinam
cras s i l ie su bæq u an te . Articuli in ver t ice summo leviter e s cava t i
videntur , ar t iculos conformes 3—4 emi t ten te s e t ita tot idem ramos vert icillato
s formantes . Rami ma gni tudine inæ q u a le s , ma jores deoomposi ti
min o r e sq u e simpl iciusoul i rnix ti; infe r iorum ver t ici l lorum rami plur imi
composi ti, s u p e r io rnm unus major alii minores . Sens im i taque pul lulare
e t proli ficat ionum ad in s ta r sens im eme rg e r e videntur . Color ex æru g in o so -
pallidus. Subs tant ia madefactæ carnosa, exs ioc atæ cart ilaginea. "Capsulæ
*) Lapsu calami , u t suspioor , C. Salicornia in Pl. Ochol. R u p r e c h ti
p. 318 in n o i. C, dichotoma adpellatur .
laterales, c r e b ræ, h emi sp hær icæ co n t inentes glomerulum fiiorum, in quo
n idulantur semina fusoesoentia, el lipt ica vel angula ta .”
F r agme n tum specimini s ox insuli s Marianis in Herb. Ag. servatur ,
quod u t rum planta juvenilis an species diversa s i t æg r e dijudicatur. Simplicio
r vide tur e t articuli ad bas in minus a t tenual i . Varie tati s ad ins ta r
in Sp . Alg. en ume r a tu r . — S ee . M a r t. Fl. B r a s . p . 40 ad oras Brasiliæ
me r idionales quoque in v e n ta ; on e adem?
2. C. CACAI.1A (J. Àg. mscr.) f io i u l e i n f e r n e c o n t i n u a v a g e d e c o m p
o s i t o - r am o s a , r am i s a d b a s in p a r u m a t t e n u a t i s , s u p e r i o r i b u s
a r l i c u l a t o - c o n s t r i c t i s , r amu l i s la te r a l ib u s a u t a b a p i c e so l i ta r i i s
g em in i s v e c l a væ fo rmib u s .
Hai), in m a r i r u b r o .
Fro n s 4—5 poll icaris , cras s i t ie p e n næ corvinæ, inferne cyl indrace a et
b aud oons tr iola, rami s vage obs ita. Rami juveni les a r t icula to-cons t r ic l i
e t ex t rú n c a lo ver t ice r amulos 1—2 , basi at tenua tos , s u r sum inc ras satos emi l -
te i i tes ; bas is a u t em a t te n u a t a cum æta te c r a s s io r eva de re vide tur e t s t r i c -
tu ræ obsplet iores . Coccidia gene ri s su p r a d e s cr ipta in h a c specie vidi.
Color e t subs tant ia pr ior i s .
Fro n d e cont inua, vage ramo sa , r amul isquo a ver t ice soli tarii s aut
gemin is , a pr ior i facile dignosci tur . Nomen, qu an d am oum Kleinia a r t i -
culata analogiam indicans , exemplo a Mertensio mutuato, dedi.
3. C. Urviliei (Moni. Alg. Ant. Prodr. p. 7 ) f r o n d e i n f e r n e c o n t i n
u a v a g e d e c om p o s i t o - r am o s a , r am i s ad b a s in p a r um a t te n u a t i s ,
s u p e r i o r i b u s a r t i c u l a t o - c o n s t r i c t i s , r am u l i s l a te r a l ib u s a u t ab
a p i c e so l i ta r i i s , s u p r a p e d i c e l l nm a b r u p t e di la ta t i s p y r am id a t i s
sp in u lo s i s .
Hydropunt ia Urviliei M o n t. l. c. Voy. Poi. S u d . p . 166. Pl. ) fig. V.
K ü tz . Sp. Aly. p . 7521
Hab. a d in s u l am T o u d in f r e to T o r r e s (D ’Urvil le e t H o r a b r o n ) .
Radix: dis cus minutus . Fro n s corneo-c ar f i laginea , semipedal is , bas i
te res , p e n næ an s e r inæ cras s it ie, in sicco dur is s ima, p a rum flexilis, longi -
t ro r sùm rugosa suloataque, mo x a b as i a u t brevi p o s t interval lum inordi na
te r amos i s s ima. Rami vagi erecti, ju n io r e s e bas i te nuis s ima filiformi
fragili s ens im inc ras sat i , subangula t i , angul is dentatis, apice in a p p e n d i -
oem pyramidalem abeuntes , ta ndem, morpbos i cont inuata, cauli vel frondi
p r ima r iæ conformes . Hæc autem te rmina t io r amo rum formam indui t py -
ramidis te t r a - aut p e n t a e d ræ, e quovis ángulo paululum deflexo apiceque,
in te rd um e t e ma rginibus folia omuino cons imilia p rot rude nt i s . Quodvis
folium u t me r a prolificalio habe ndum, bas i a t tenuata filiformi subpedic e l -
latum, hos múr ices fér reos , quibus , n e equi tatus accedat , solum s t r a tum
tenent, non male refert . Subs tant ia cart ilaginea, s icc a cont racta , cornea.
Color in Alga viva pallide vir idis subf lavescens, in exs ic cata o bs cure s o r -
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