mibus composi tiis. Nodi su b sp hær io i ap iceque poro p er tus i , e t ubique k e ramidi
i s p o rum elevati s, sæp e e t iam d ep r e s s i s co nspurcat i , aut s tér i les .
F ro n d em denique, u t s eq u en tem, liberam omnino fundo in c umb e r e , q u amq
u am ex specimine , quod coram oouli s habeo, credibi le vide atur , p ro ce rto
tamen aff irmaro nolumus . Ceterum hæc n o ta in sp e c imin ib u s maxime evolut
is solummodo sibi c o n s ta n s ; sp ecimina enim jú n io r a a d n a ta esse, q u amq
u am d enique æta te pro v e c t io r a e ma t r ic e s ecedent ia , null is dubiis v ac are
credider im.
3. L ith. fasciculatum ( L a m a r c i t . H i s t . d . a n im . s . v e r t . 2 p . 2 0 3 )
f r o n d e d e n i q u e s o lu ta r o t u n d a t a p u r p u r e a r am o s o - f a s c i c i i l a t a ,
r am i s u n d i q u e e g r e d i e n t i b u s b r e v i b u s su b fa s tig ia tis s u b c y l i n d r i c i s
s u b d i c h o t om i s a p i c e t r u n c a t i s p o r o q u e p e r t u s i s , k e r am id i i s . . .
Miilepora (Nul l ipora) f as ciculata L am a r c k , l. c.
Nullipora fastigiata B la in v . — J o h n s to n B r itis h . S p o n g . a n d . Lith o p h .
p . 240 t. 24 f. 6.
Melobesia fasciculata H a rv . P h y c. B r it . t. L X X IV .
Hab. i n f u n d o a r e n o s o c o c b i e i s q u e a d s p e r s o , ab o r is S c a n d i n
a v iæ a t q u e B r i t a n n iæ u s q u e ad m a r e m e d i t e r r a n e u m . ( I n Collect.
Beg. Soc. S c ie n tia r . Hpsal.)
Fro n s 1—2 poll icaris , p u r p u r e a , c i rca lapillum p le rumq u e u ndique
effusa, d enique forma plu s minus sp hær ic a , ovata 1. oblonga, u n d iq u e
ramis fastigiat is plus min u s dens is ornata. Rami nuno s impl ice s f in formis
scil icet minus expl icat is ) , apice inc ras sat i , nuno dichotome multifidi,
apicibus plus minus t ru n c a t i s . A pr ior i specie, c um qu a ident ioam h ab e re
facile velle t Harvey, differt rami s magis elongatis e t in t e r se distinctis, nec
n o d oso-conglome ra t i s .
4. L ith. byssoides ( L a m a r c k . H is t. d . a n im . s . v e r t . 2 p . 2 0 3 )
f r o n d e a d n a t a s u p r a r o t u n d a t o - p u l v i n a t a r am o s i s s im a , r am i s
e r e c t i s p u lv i n a to - f a s t ig i a l i s d e n s e c om p a c t i s siilicy lin d ric is i n -
f e m e c o a d n n a t i s s u p e r n e mu ltifid is , a p i c ib u s s iib a tte n iia tis s im p
li c ib u s I. lo b a lis , k e r am i d i i s s u p e r n e p e r r am o s s p a r s is e l e vatis.
Gleba corallina, alba, caloaria, u t p lu r imum i r r e g u la r i te r globosa, aut
ovata. Seb. T h e sa u r. I I I . p . 212 t. 116 f. 7.
Mii lepora polymorpha globosa E sp . AHllep. t. 13.
Miilepora (Nullipora) bys soides L a m a r c k . I. c. (excl . v a r . B.)
Li thothamnion bys soides Phil, in Wiegm. A r c h . 1837 p . 384.
Spongi tes f rut iculosa K ü tz . Fo.'yp. ca lc if. p . 33. — S p e c . p . 699.
Hab. in m a r i m e d i t e r r a n e o se c . S e b am e t P h ilip p i. ( I n c o l l e c -
t i o n c Beg. Soc. S c ie n tia . Up s a l.i)
Frons in meo sp e c imin e color is gr iseo-oalcare i , diame t ro u sq u e 6 -
poll icaris , p u lv in a to -h emi sp hær ic a , su b tu s in medio cava, tota e ramis
f ruticulos is plus minus erec t is den s i s s ime comp a c t i s e t pulvinato- ias t igiat i s
formata. Rami n o rma l i te r cyl indracei, inferne in te r se ana s tomos ibus coadunat
i , in d e q u e plus minus compres s i , mul til ide ramulos i, ap ic em versus
p le rumq u e at tenuat i , salt ira n u n q u am incras sat i . Keramidia elevata dense
p e r ramos sp a r s a p o ro q u e evid en te r p e r tu sa .
S e bæ figura, a nobis ci tata, cum no s t ro s p e c imin e b e n e convenit ,
ramis p au lu lum te n u io r ib u s solummodo r ecedens .
4. L it i i . B rassica-florida (Harv. Ner. austr. p. MO) " f r o n d e l a p i d
e s c en t e p o n d e r o sa g lob o sa e c e n t r o u n d iq u e ramo s i s s ima ,
rami s basi an a s tomo san t ib u s ap ic e mult if idis c o r ym b o s o - f a s c i c u -
latis fastig ia tis, apicibus maini l læformibus ."
Melobesia Bras s ioa- f lorida H a rv . l. c.
llab . In s i n u Algoa (Ha rv. I. c. )
"F ro n s globosa, 2— 3 unoias diame t ro æq u a n s , e c ent ro r amo s a et
c ymam Bras s ioæ flo ridæ eximie re f e r e n s .” (Desor ipt . Harveyi exsor ipt .)
5 . Lith. Darnvini (Harv. Ner. auslr. p. 1 0 9 ) frut icosa, p on d e r o sa ,
r amo s i s s ima , ramis d e n s i s s ime a ggr e gat i s e r e c t i s in -ma s sam
c ras sam c on g e s t i s , ramul i s vertical ibus ap ic e c o n o id e i s .
Melobesia Darvini H a rv . l. c.
Hab. in King G e o r g e ’s S o u n d . (D a rw in ) .
F o rma t s t r a tum extens ionis ignotæ, 2— 3 uncias al tum, f rondibus cylindra
c e i s ramos i s la p id e s c en t ib u s comp a c t i s fo rma tum; div isiones e r e c tæ,
ultimæ. l iberæ e t mamil læformes. P lanta congeriei s talaot i tum non dis similis
(Descr ipt . Harv. exsor ipt . )
6. L ith. calcareum (E U . et Sol. p. 1 2 9 t. 2 3 f. 1 3 ) f r o n d e e r e c t o -
frut iculosa alba d ic l io loma , rami s in f e rne c o a l e s c en t ib u s s u p e r n e
r e gulari ter divis is attenuatis .
Mdlepora ca lc a re a EU. e t S o l. t. c . — L a m a r c k . I li s l . d. a n im . s. v e r t.
2 p . 204.
Melobesia c a lc a r e a H a rv . M a n . o f B r it . Atg. ed. 2. — N e r . a u s tr .
p . 110.
Hab. in m a r i a t la n t i c o a d l i t to r a B r i t a n n iæ e t Gal l iæ; in m e d
i t e r r a n e o ; a d N o v am Z e l a n d i am in s u l a s q u e G a l lo p a g o s s e c . Harv. 1. c.
Fro n s f rut iculosa 2— 3-poi l icari s su bdichotoma ; rami bas i 1—2 lineas
diamet ro æq u an te s , inte rne coalesoentes , s u p e rn e l iber i e t at tenuat i , dis
tantes , (nec u t in p r ior ibus spe c ieb u s in te r se d ens e s t ipa t i ) fere divar
icati rugos i e t papill iferi. De ce tero q u am Lith. bys soides c ra s s ior atque
obes ior e t s equent i forsan ma x ime affinis.
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