Ramif icatio color e t totus h ab i tu s Gigar t inam aoioularom fore revo-
caiis ; ramuli magis obtus i e t tota s t r u c tu r a diversiss ima. Cump roec e d e i i to
a secjuoutihus differt cellu lis e xtc r ior ibus arc t iu s conjunct i s , undo s t ra tum
e xte r ius ge la l inosum minus co uspic uura. Plura s t r a t a cel lularum, ple rurn-
que 3 - i , tu b um frondis c o n s t i tu u n t ; in t imæ h a n im quas i dilaceratoe.
Por ioarpium cys tocarpi i ini tio sul ) spliær icum, d enique ov a to -u rc eo la tum,
limbo pel lucido nullo. S p hæro sp o ræ in ramulis nume ros i s s imoe, in s t rato
inf ra -opide rma t ic o evolutæ; oollulæ p ræ g n a n t e s sonsira intumesount , s t ra tum
fertile a super f icie in t ro r sum cogi tur c t .sphærosporæ in orbem, frondis
cavi tate d em e r s um, d i spos i tæ ad p a ro n t . Ch. me d i te r ra n e u s Kütz. est
species s ine dubio n o s t ræ p ro x imo ; dif ferre vid e tu r rami s plur imis opp o sitis,
forma p e r io a rp io rum e t r amo rum s p hæro sp o r a s fovcnt ium. De colore
suæ speciei nihil dixi t Kutz ing.
4. Cil. UNCINATA Chlenegh. mscr.) r o s e a cæ s p ito s a v ag e e x p a n s a ,
f r o n d e t e n u i s s im e m e m b r a n a c e a t e r e ti n s c i ila s u b v a g o r am o s a ,
r am i s a p i c e r e c n r v a t i s r am u l o s s im p l i c i n s c n io s p ateritissimo.s
cm i t t e n l i b n s , r am u l i s b a s i a t t e n u a t i s o b tn s iu s c n l i s , p e r i c a r p i i s
s p hær ic i s, r am u l i s s p l iæ r o s p o r a r i im . . . .
3a. CiioNDROSiPiioN MEDITERRANEOS (K ü lz . Phgc. geti. p . 438 lab. S3 fig.
I I I ) ’’p hycoma to 4—Spoll icari, p e n n am me ru l in am c r a s s e (c au loma te
s e ta c e o ) d eo omp o s i to - r amo so , ramis iaxis elongatis p a te n t ib u s al ternis
vel oppos i t i s u t r in q u e a t tenuat is , ramu l i s cys tü o a rp o p h o r i s tenu io r ib u s
graci l ibus , te t r ao b o c a rp o p h o r i s subinr la to- lancoolat is .” K ü tz . sp . p .
860.
Chondr ia f is tulosa K ü lz . A c lie n 1836.
llab. in ma r i me d i te r ra n eo .
3o. CiioNDROsiPiioN COMPRESSUS ( ï l û / z . Phgc. p . 439) " b ip o llic a r is , p h y -
c om a t e c om p r e s s o c r a s s iu s o u lo f a s c ic u la t im r am o s o ; c a r p o o lo n iis d i -
s t in o t is s im is n um e r o s is o v a t is a cu tis ." K ü tz . .sp. p . 861.
Hab. iu sinu Neapol itano.
4a. Ch . secu nd a (B o o Ií. e t I la r v . Alg. N o v . Z e l. p . S48) " f rondibus ( p u -
sillis) tubulos i s memb r a n a c e i s flaccid is roscis cæspi tos i s int r icat is
ramos i s s imis , rami s curva t is r amul isque p a te n t ib u s sa^pissime s e c u n -
dis l inear ibus obtus is æqual ibus , r amul is dis ta n t ib u s pauois brevibus .
Chrysymenia s e c u n d a H ook. el. I la r v . t. c. N e r . Â iis lr . p . 77 !
Chondrotbamnion s e c u n d um K ü tz . sp. p . 860.
Hab. ad Novam Zelandiam (Raoul ).
Fro n d e s dens e cæ.spitosæ, bipol l ic ares , seta coæ, r amo s i s s imæ; rami
sæpius s e cuudi e t arcua t i . Colo r roseus . Subs tant ia te n u i s ; cb a r tæ a d -
hæ r e t . ” Desor. Auct. t rans s cr ips i .
Lomenta r ia uncinata M enegh. m s c r . Z a n a r d . te ll. I I . p . 21. S g n . Alg.
p . 99.
Chondrotbamnion uncinotura K ü tz . sp . p . 860 (excl . Syn.)
llab. in Aigis m a j o r i b u s ad V e n e t i am (Z a n a r d in i !).
Cæspes bipol licaris inl r ica tus . F ro n d e s roseæ, te nuis s ime memb r a -
naoeæ, p en n am p a s s e r in am cr a s sæ, e roct iusoulæ apioibus a r cua t is s u b -
recurvis, ramulos spa r sos e t vagos emi t t e n te s ; ramul i inferiores longiores,
super iores breviores apiccrâ rami p ro emin e n tem non a t t in g e n te s , basi
a t tenuat i, apice angus ta to obtus iusculo. S u bs tant ia gelat inosa; cb a r tæ
arct is s ime adbære t . Fru c tu s , a Zanardini des cr iptos , non vidi.
J am in Algis me d i te r ra n e i s (pag. 107) ad n o ta t io n em de b ac specie, ex
unico speoimine mibi ta n tum cogni ta, adjeoi, qu a p a le r e i , q uibus a n o s t ra
Chr. acicula ri differret. Endl iohcr e t KUtzing u t r amq u e c o n ju n x e ru n t ,
nulla fact a de bis diCfereiitiis ment ione . Mibi dive r sæ a d p a re n t colore,
substantia, limbo anbisto f rondem ot p e r i c a rp ia cin g en te in Ch. un c in a ta
evidentissimo, in Ch. acicular i fere nul lo; illa cellulis subdupl ic i ser ie
disposit is contexta, bæo triplici a u t quadrupl ici ser ie ce llularum cons tat.
Quæ vero dif ïorentiæ u l r um sp e c iem dis t inctam, quod credidis sem, an ta n tum
æla te s diversas indicent , iu medio rcliqui.
4b. Chonduosidhon m e n e u i i in ia n u s (K u lz . Phgc. p . 439) min o r ramo s i s -
s imu s , oaulomato filiformi, ramis s e ta c e i s vel p a r um orassio rib iis
confert is app ro x ima t i s brev io r ib u s u t r inquo at tenuat is . K ü tz . sp . p .
860.
Hab. ad Venotiam (Meneghini) .
4o. CiiRYSYMENi.v RADiCANS (M o jit. FI. .ilg . p . 98) " f ronde rosea gelatinosa
te ret i te ne r r ima tubulosa r amos i s s ima, rami s p r ima r i i s suboppos i t is s e -
c unda r i isque al terni s ramulos is e r e o to -p a te n t ib u s bas i ap ic eq u e a t te nuat
is r adicant ibus . F ruot . Te t r a sp o ræ p u r p u r eæ , g lobosæ, ramis
ramul isque immersæ., c o n f e r læ o c e l la t e , t r iangule quadr idivisæ.
Cbondrosip lion r adioans K ü tz . S p . Alg. p . 861.
Hab. apud Alger (Monnard) .
Frons palmaris, gelatinosa, te n e r r ima , filiformis, p e n n a pa s s e r in a c r a s s
ie r, tubulosa, a b as i dis t iche r amos i s s ima, s ens im ad ap ic em at tenuata,
ci rcumscr ipt ioue corymbosa . Rami p r imar i i oppos iti , longiss imi, r amulos
i terum emi t ientes al ternos a u t a l te rn a t im geminos , e r e o to -p a te n te s su b a d -
scendentesque. Ramuli ta n d em tenues , lanceolati, fere filiformes, a c u t i s simi
e t sub apice r adicante s , Conchis a u t oorallinis affixi. Ver rucæ, quibus
bæo Alga corpor ibus p roximis a d bær e t , in. f ronde rami sq u e e t iam o bve-
uiunt . S t ru c lu r a ; s t r a tum u n ic um cel lularum oblonga rum f rondem cons t i -
tuit, quæ. ii ilus tubuluin non in t e r ru p tum efficit. Te t r a sp o ræ sp hær icæ,
per i spor io l imbatæ, 8 - c cnt imi l l imet r . c ra s sæ, vivido p u r p u r eæ e l in planta
decolorata sic pe r s i s te nte s , div isione tr iangula r i iu 4 spora s ta n d em s e parai
®. Cbar tæ c t vit ro arc t i s s ime a d bær e t . ” Doser. .Auct. t r a n s s c r ip s i .