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6. iV. P a t e n a (Hook. fit. et Ilarv. in Ner. austr. p. IM t. XL)
c a na lic iila p a g i næ i n f e r i o r i s a t in a la , f r o n d e c ra s s a p la n a I. s n b -
n n d n l a t a o b o v a t o - s n b o r b i c n i a r i , im b r i c a t a , m a r g i n e p l a n o I.
i o c r a s s a t o , k e r am id i i s p o r s p i c n i s l i em i s p bæ r i c is p e r to tum f r o n d
em d e n s e s p a r s is .
? Melobesia cras s ius cula K û tz . Ph y c. g en . p . 386 e t S p ec . p . 696.
Hal). Ge lid io c a r t i l a g in e o in s id e n s , in s in n T a b u l a r i Cap. b. sp.
n o n i n f r n q n e n t e r ; e t ad N o v am Z e o l a n d i am lia lliam in v e s t i e n s sec.
Flarv. I. c. (H e r b , p r o p r . )
Paginoe inferioris canalicula, in qu a d e t in e tu r r amu s Gelidii oaiTila -
giiiei, huic adna ta. Frons, coloris c r e ta c e o - a lb id i 1. p u rp u r a s c e n t i s , in meis
spe c iminibus vix semiu n c iam d iamet ro æq u a n s et %- l in e am c i r c i te r c ras sa,
elliplica 1. su b o rb icu la r i s , pla na omnino I. plus minus c u rv a ta 1. undula ta,
s u p r a n u n q u am, q u a n tum nobis vide re oont ige r i t , lame l loso- imbr icata
ma rg in e in teger r imo. Keramidia r ite evoluta p o ro q u e p e r tu s a hemisphæM
r ica (n o n d um evoluta, sive p oros a , d e p r e s s a ) to tam p a g in am supe r iorem,
ora e s t ima solummodo exc ep ta , dens e oooper ientia.
Nos t ram e Capite b. spoi p la n tam es se omnino M. P a te n am Hook, et
Harv. null is dubiis v a c a re c r e d e r em. F ro n d em s t r ia tam e t ke r amid ia
d e p r e s s a suæ p la n tæ, nota s in n o s t r a s minus b e n e q u ad r an te s , a d s c r ip s e -
r u n t quidem auc tores . Quod autem ad f ro n d em s t r ia tam pe r t in e t , hæo in
omnibus fere Melobesiæ sp e c ieb u s n u n c c o n c e n t r ic e s t r ia ta, nun o omnino
e s l r iata ob s e rv a tu r . Dep r e s s io n em k e r amid io rum æta t i es s e ads c r ibendam,
nobis p e r s u a s um e s t ; e x nos t r is enim spe c iminibus nonnul la h a b e n t k e ramidia
d ep r e s s a nullo adirne po ro p e r tu s a , alia vero k e r amid ia hemi s p
hær ic a , po ro p e r tu s a . Illa æta te júniora, hæo vero p rovect iora.
7. M. ANTARCTICA (Hook. fil. et Haro, in Ner. austr. p. l ' i l ) f r o n d e
c i r c um s c r i p t i o n e o r b i c u l a r i lo b a t a , m e d i o a d n a t a , m a r g i n e i n t
e g e r r im a l i b e r a , s u p e r f i c i e lævi lin e i s c o n c e n t r i c i s u n d u l a t a ,
c e r am i d i i s d e p r e s s o - l i em i s p l iæ r i c i s .
Melobesia v e r ru c a ta var. An ta r c t ic a Hook. fl. Crypt. antarct. p. 176.
Hab. l l e rm i t e I s la n d , Cap H o r n ; F a i k l a n d - l s l u n d s e t K e r g u e l e n s
L a n d ; in v a riis Algis p ræ c i p u e in Builia. Uarv. I. c,
F or sa n M. P a te næ var ietas , sod forma minus reg u la r i ma g i sq u e adnata
(Descr ipt . Harv. exs cr ipt .J
b. Saxicoloe, m a jo re s, Lecideoeformes.
8. M. L enormandi (Aresch. mscr.) saxicola, tota pagina inferiori adnata,
fronde suborbiculari supra arctissime squamuloso-imbricata,
m a r g i n e c r e n a t o - l o b a t o s u b z o n a t a d e n i q u e c o n f l u e n ti , k e r am id i i s
p l a n o - c o n v e x i s .
Hab. Ad A r r om a n c l i e s Galliæ s e p t o n t r i o n a l i s , q u o l e c tam c o r a -
m u n i c a v i t Gel. Lenormand.
Frons tota saxis lupidibusque arc t i s s ime adna ta, suborbicular is , poll i-
r em e t for s an ult ra diamet ro æq u an s , coloris n u n c p u rp u r e o - ru b r i nunc
cre ta c e o-a lbidi , su p r a sq u amu lo so - imb r ic a ta , ma rg in e plus minus c r e n a lo -
lo b a ta , lobis rotunda t is , e t zona ta. Keramidia ooulo nudo quidem conspicua
a t quam in Melobesia p u s tu la ta fere minora, p la no-convexa , n ec
h emi sp hær ic a 1. mami l læformia, po ro p e r tu sa , in te rd um — spor is forsau
ejectis — in ce n t ro depres s a, fere annul iformia. S pecies c e r te singularis,
null ib i, u t opinor, de sor ipta e t sequent i sine dubio proxima, lioet dis
t incta.
9. M. scABiosA (Harv. Ner. austr. p. M O ) la te elfiisn, sa x íc o la ,
o r b i c u l a r i s , c r u s t a t e n u i r u g is m i n u t i s a s p e r a t a , c e r am id i i s m i n
u t i s s im i s p u n c t i f o r n i i b u s n um e r o s i s s p a rsis.
Hab . in la p id ib u s p r o p e Baliiam.
S pecies dis t incta e t ma g n o p e r e vulgaris , scrobioulos aqua repletos
intus inve s t iens . Colo r o p a c u s (Des cr ipt . Harv . ex s c r ip t . )
H. biiHOPHYLLüM [Phil, in Wiecjm. Arch. 1837 vol. 1 p . 3 8 3 )
Saxicoloe I. su p ra Corallinas crescenles, fronde p r im itu s orbiculari
ad n a ta I. denique so luta, lobis im b rica tis I. erectis p a r -
m e lioe - I. s tic toe -fo rm i. S tra tum supe riu s e cellulis subbexagonis,
in fe r iu s e cellulis elongatis in zo n a s tra n sv e rsa le s regulariter
su p e rim p o sitis constructum.
'10. M. LiciiENOiBES (Ell. el Sol. p. '131 t. 2 3 f. 'I'l — '12) p a g i n a
i n f e r i o r i a d n a t a am b i t u d e n i q u e s o lu ta , f r o n d e s u b o r b i c u l a r i
l o b a t o - im b r i c a t a , lobis t e n u i b u s r o t u n d a t i s I, s u b l l a b e l l i f o rm i b u s
s u b u n d u l a t i s e t s u liz o n a ti s m a r g i n e i n t e g r i s , k e r am id i i s b e m i -
s p iiæric is c e n t r u m o c c u p a n t i b u s .
Miilepora lichenoides Ell. e l S o l. I. c. — J o h n s to n B r it is h S p o n g e s
a n d L ith o p h . t. X X V f. 1.
? Miilepora (Nullipora) bys soides v a r . p . fasciculus L am a r c k . Ilis t.
d. a n im . s. v e r te b r . 2 p . 204.
Li thophyllum lichenoides Phil, in Wiegm. A r ch . 1837 p . 389.
Melobesia lioheniformis D e ca isn e A n n a l, d. S c . n a t. 1842. I I . p . 126.
H a rv . N e r . a u s lr . p . 111. — M a n . ed. 2 p . 109.
Mas topliora lichenoides K ü lz . S pec . p . 697.
? Zonar ia rosea Ay. S y s t. p . 264.
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