Gcruis j am a Rotliio d is tin c li iin e t a b om n i b u s r e c o p t um , u n ic a
s p e c i e l'ei-e ad n o s t r a u s q u e t e m p o r a c o n s t a i i s ; p l u r e s s p e c i e s
d i s l i n c l i s s im æ liis u l t im i s an iiis c o g n ita ; f u e r n n t . N om i n e Me rto n s iæ,
a T b u n b e r g i o p r o p o s i t o , p r im u m Alg o lo g o r a e r i t i s s im o d i c a tu r a ;
o o d em v e r o n om i n o a W'illden o v io Filic iim g e n e r i u s n r p a i o , n om e n
Cliamp iæ, a Dosvaiix e t L am o u r o u x in d i t i im , a b om n i b u s a d o p t a -
t um fuit.
Q u o a d affin ita te s g e n u s f e r o amb ig ii iim. S t r u c t i i r am f r o n d i s
e t s p l iæ r o s p o r a s liab ot L om e n t a r iæ s im i l l im a s ; s t r u c t u r a Cy s to c a rp ii
a b lioc g e n e r e p a u l u l um r c c e d i t . G em m i d i a L om e n t a r iæ p y r i f o rm i a ,
i n a r t ic u l is t e rm i n a l i b u s l i lo r um , p a u c i s a r t ic u l is p l a c e n t am s u p e r e -
m i n e n t i i im , f o rm a l a ; g em m i d i a Cliamp iæ m a g i s o b l o n g a , a d fila
e l o n g a t a d ic lio t om a , vic e s p l a c e n t e g e r e n t i a , affixa. Ex a l t e r a p a r t e
f o r s a n a d Cli r y s yme n iam a c c e d i t , g em m i d i i s m u c o liyalino, c o n t l u e n -
l ib u s p c r i d e rm a t i b i i s filo rtiin p ræ g n a i i t i um f o rm a t o [ ? ] , in v o lu tis ,
f a v c l lam m o n t ie n t ib ii s .
1. Gli. COMPRESSA (Harv. Gen. South. A fr . PI. p. 4 0 2 ) f r o n d e c o m p
r e s s a s i ib p i a n a s i i b o p p o s i t o p i n n a t a , p i n n i s l a n c e o l a t o - l i n e a r i b i i s
o b tu s is , s p l iæ r o s p o r i s p e r f r o n d om s p a r s is .
Ch. c omp r e s s a Ilarv. l. c.H Ner. austr. p. 78 lab. XXX! Kiilz. Sp.
Alg. p. 862 !
Gas t r idium zona tura Suhr. in Flora IS S i . Alg. Echi. n. 44 tab. II.
fig. 19.
flab. a d Gap. b. S p e i ( I l a r v e y ! ) .
F ro n s cæsp i to s a 1— 2poll icaris , c omp r e s s a c t fero plana, sesqui l inoam
lata, p le rumq u o bipinnala , pinni s infer ior ibus oppos itis longior ibus pinnatis ,
s u p e r io r ib u s brev io r ib u s i r re gula r ius dispos i t i s , s u p r emi s donti formibus .
Racliis p in næq u e ma jores l ineares u t r in q u e a l te rn i a te , min o r e s lanceolata; ,
s u p r ema ; oblongæ, omne s o b tu sæ. Ar ticuli diamet ro fero Spio breviores .
S p hæ ro sp o ræ liic illic a g g r e g a t e , p e r r a c h id em e t p inna s s p a r sæ. Color
p u rp u r e u s . S u b s tan t ia g e l a t in o so -memb r a n a c e a ; c h a r tæ aroto adbære t .
Cys toca rpia non vid i; see. icônes Ila rveyi su n t conoidoa, spar sa.
2 . Gir. Tasman'ica (Harv. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 1 8 4 4 p. 4 0 7 )
f r o n d e ex t e r e t i c om p r e s s a v e r t ic i lla t im r am o s a , v e r t ic i l lo r i im
r am i s m a j o r i b u s 2 — 3 c o n f o rm i b u s r am o s i s , m i n o r i b u s p l u r i b u s
in d iv is is r am u l i s q u e t e rm i n a l i b u s s u b c la v a tis u t r i n q u e a t t e n u a l i s ,
s p liæ r o s p o r i s a p i c e r a m o r u m o t in r am u l i s s p a rs is .
Champia Ta smanica Ila r v . l. c. la b . X IX . N e r . A u s tr . p . 78. Hook, e t
Harv . Alg. T asm. n . 39!! K ù lz . sp. p . 861!
llab . ad o r a s T a sm a n iæ (Hb . Ha r v o y i) .
Frons 3 - Spoll icaris, p e n n am corvinam cras sa, vertic ill is r amorum,
ungucm vix dis tant ibus , obs i ta. Vcr ticil lorum rami ma jores mino 2 o p p o -
.siti, nunc 3, eodem modo ac raohis pr ima r ia divi s i ; un a cum bis rami
minores indivisi 3 — 4, ramul is conformes , vert ici llum cons t i tuunt . Verticilli
r amorum ramulis magis æq u a l ib u s 3 — 4 cons tant . Ramuli fere l ineares ,
liasi longius, apice ab ru p t iu s at tenuat i , s emipol l icares ot longiores . S p hæ rosporæ
tum in ramulis indivis is , tum in su p e r io r e p a r t e r amo rum n idulante
s. Articuli diamet ro duplo breviores , aut fere æqiiale s. Colo r p u rp u r e u s .
Substantia g o la t i i ioso-membranaoea ; c h a r t e arote ad bær e t . S t r a tum p e r i -
pher icum frondis fero unic a ser ie col lularum ro tu n d a to -o u b io a rum cons tat.
Sphærosporæ intra ho c in t ro r sum eme rg en te s . Fro n s madefacta comp r e s s a
manet, ramis a ma rgino provei iieiit ibus . An recons vere c omp r e s s a sit,
mihi non liquet .
Champia viridis (A g . S p . I I . p . 115) ad Ch. Ta sman ic am forsan p o r -
linet. Rami n unc oppos iti , su p e r io r e s hio illic soli tarii . Articuli in ramis
angus tior ibus diame t rum su bæ q u a n te s . St ru c tu r a s t rat i epidermat ioi u l -
raque species convenit.
3. Cii. LUMimicALis (Roth. in S d ir . Journ. IL 1.) f r o n d e t e r e t i u s -
ciila fa s c ic u la tim r am o s a , fa s c icu lis s i ib u n i l a t e r a l i b u s , fa s c i c iilo -
r um r am i s p a u c i s e l o n g a ti s c o n f o rm i b u s e t s imp l ic iu s c iil is ,
p lu r im i s a b b r e v i a t i s in c u r v i s d e n s e s lip a tis , r am i s r am u l i s q u e
c l a v a to - o b t u s i s , s p b æ r o s p o r i s in r am u l i s n id u l a n t i b u s .
Mertensia lu rabrioalis R o th . l. c. tab. I e t Cat. Hot. I I I . p . 318 tab.
101 (cxcl . syn.)
Champia lumbr ica l is L a m o u r . E s s . p . 51. Ag. S y s t. Alg. p . 156! Sp.
Atg. I I . p . 1141 Ha rv . Gen. S o u th . A f r . PI. p . 401!! e t N e r . a u s tr . p . 78
tab. X X X !! K iilz . sp. p . 861!
llab. in m a r i a u s tr a li a d Cap. b. S p e i ; in o c e a n o p a c ifico ad
o r a s Pcriiv iæ (Hb. H in d e r !).
Cæspes c i rci ter p a lma r i s ; F ro n d e s c ras s i t ie fere calami scr iptor ii
te retes , a radico fibrosa adsoendentes , inter iore sæpius latere ramosæ,
ramis fascicula tis . Fascicul i uni lale rales ramis plur imi s c o n s ta n te s ; F a -
sciculorum rami 2— 3 elongati , a u t s impl ices e t breviores , aut conformi ter
ramosi e t al t i tudinem frondis p r ima r iæ fero a t t ingeutes ; fasoioulorum rami
plurimi, 10—20 c t p lure s den s i s s ime stipati, semipollioem b a u d longi et
plurimi mul to b reviores , in curvi, fere clavat i, omne s obtus i. F ru c tu s iu bis
siti. S p hæro sp o ræ p le rumq u o a g g r e g a t e , ci r cumc i r c a imme r sæ. Cysto carpia
ovato-urceola ta, plu ra p le rumq u e adproximata. Articuli diamet ro
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