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85(1 Hhodo.mki.eæ . Bryothamnion.
2. B e . TEIANGUL.4RE (Gm, Syst. Nat. p . 1 3 8 3 ) fronde triangulari
subpinimtiiu deeomposito-raniosa fa stig ia ta , ramis inferne
denudatis, superne triiariam den se ramulosis, ramulis supra
basem simplicem apice acute tricusjiidatis rigidis, s tichidiis
axillaribus dense fasciculatis mollibus torulosis.
F u c u s t r i a n g u h u - i s G m . in E d . L . S y s t . I. c. T u r n . H i s t . F u c
ta h . 33!
B r y o t h a u n n o u t r i a n g u l a r e K i i t z . S p . A lg . p . 842!
P lo c a in iu i n t r i a n g u l a r e L a m o u r . E s s . p . 50!!
T h am n o p h o r a ? t r i a n g u l a r i s C. A g . S p . _2>. 226! ! S y s t . p . 2W). M o n t.
C u b a p . 56. l ‘l. V . fig . 1 f - i !
S p hæ r o c o c c u s t r i a n g u l a r i s M a r t . F l . B r a s . 1. p . 36 p a r t im !
A m a n s i a ? I r ia i ig u l a r i s G r e v !
I f l iysc opl iora (l ia i ig u la r i s K ü t z . P h y c . p . 434 ta b . 57 fig . 1.
A l s i d i um t r i a n g u l a r e J . A g . in L in n . X V . p . 28. H a r v . N e r . A u s t r .
p . 30 e t N e r . B o r . A m . p . 15 ta b . X I I I . A H
F u c u s m i n im u s d e n t a t u s t r i a n g u l a r i s S lo a n e J am . ta b . 20 fig . 9.
F u c n s ( r i q n e t c r G m . H i s t . F u c . p . 122 ta b . 8 f ig . 4! E s p . I c . i. 119.
Fu c i i s t r i f a r iu s S w H
Hal), ad insulns Indiæ o c c identalis e t oras Americæ cali-
dioris, a Flor ida ad Brasiliam usque.
P r o t id e s u t p l u r im um 4 - 6 p o l l ic a r e s , a r a d i c e s c u t a t im e x p a n s a
s u r g e n l e s , s t ip i t e t e r e t i u s c u l o p e n n am c o iu d n am c i r c i t e r cr a s so , n u n c
m u l t o e l a t i o r e s , iiii 'e rne p a r c i u s s u p e r n e d e n s i s s im e r am o sæ f a s t i g
ia tæ . R am i vagi , o r d i n e i n t e r p i n n a t um e t d i c h o tom i im am b ig u o ,
in im a p a r t e s e n s im d e n u d a t i , s u p e r n e t r i f a r i am d e n s e r am u l o s i ,
r am u l i s a p i c e im b r i c a t i s ; ra c l i i s r am o r u m a n g u l i s r o t u n d a t i s in f e r n e
t e r e t i u s c u l a , s u p e r n e e v i d e n l i u s t r i q u e t r a . R am u l i t r i f a r i am l in e i s spi-
r a l i t e r a d s c e n d e n t i b u s di sp o s i t i , om n e s s u bæ q u a l e s , l i n e am h a u d longi ,
i n f e r io r e s hic i l lic s imp l ic e s , p l u r im i bas i s imp l ic e s , e x t e r e t i c om pres
s i , a p ic e u t p l u r im u m t r i c u s p id a f i , d e n t i b u s co n ic i s r ig i d e s u b u la t i s .
Hticliidia in a x i l i a r am u l o r um , n u n c i n t e r c ú s p id e s p r o v e n i e n t i a , f r u t i -
cu lo s mi n u to s , r am u l i s b r e v i o r e s f o rm a n t i a , a r am e l l o a x i l l a r i t r a n s -
f o rm a t a e t s t e r i l i b u s p a u c i s r am e l l i s co n ic i s s t ip a ta , d e n s i s s im e f a s c icu l
a t a mo l i la , p e t io lo f il iformi s i n g u l a suf ful ta , a me d io c i r c i t e r fe r t i l ia ,
a dm o d um t o r u l o s a a c umin a t a - o b tu s iu s c i i l a , s p h æ r o s p o r a s in a r t ic u l i s
s in g u l a s ( r a r o in in t imo g em i n a s ) l i n e a s p i r a l i u n ic a a d s c e n d e n t e d i s p
o s i ta s f o v e n t i a ; effoet a p r o l o n g a t a et f i l i fo rmia a t c i r c um c i r c a to r u -
lo so - inæq i ia l ia . R ami m i n o r e s r am u l i q u e p l u s m i n u s a r t i c u l i s ii i te-
r i o r i b u s t r a n s l u c e n t i b u s fa s c ia t i a d p a r e n t , om n e s c o r t i c a t i ; r am e l l i
t a n t um s té r i le s , s t ic h id ia c i r c um d a n t e s ( in f a s c i c u lo a x i l l a r i ), e c o r t ic a t i
p o ly s ip h o n i i a r t í c u l o s d i am e t r o c i r c i t e r d u p lo b r e v i o r e s mo i i s t r a n t e s .
S e c t io n e t r a n s v c r s a l i vidi s ip h o n e s p e r i c e n t r a l e s 7 - 8, ce l lu l i s c o n s i -
Bostrychia. R h o d o m e l e æ . 8 5
m i l ib u s cinctos , e x t im i s m i n im i s c o r t i c em c o n s t i tu e n t ib u s . C o lo r r e c
e n t i s p u r p u r a s c e n s , e x s ic c a t io n e sæp e in s o r d id e l l a v um a u t v i r e s c e n -
t em a b ien s . S u b s t a n t i a f i rma c a r t i l a g in e a .
Spe e ie s v u lg a r i s e t n u l l i s d u b i i s v e x a t a . F r u c t u s a Gme l in io ei
t r i b u t i siile d u b i o a l ien i . S p e c imiu a h u j u s a d N o v am Z e l a n d i am et
N. l i o l l a n d i am l e c t a m em o r a v i t T u r n e r ; r e c e n t io r i æ v o in h i s p la g i s
i n v e n t am es se ig n o r o . N e q u e H a r v e y e x o c e a n o a u s t r a l i s p e c ime n
v id i t (cf r . N e r . A u s t r . l. c.).
Species inquirendæ.
3. He. R a m e l l o s u m (Sond. mscr.) "phycomate spithamæo teretiusciilo
vage ramoso, ramis elongatis subfastigiatis, ramellis
alterne pinnatis undique patentibus unicellularibus. — Ad
Oras Mexicanas." Kü tz. Sp. p. 842.
4. B r . L i n d e n b e r g i i (Kütz. Phyc. p . 434) "phycomate distiche et
vage ramoso, ramis sursum complanatis plumoso-quadripin-
uatis jugamento primario parum dilatato, pinnis pectinatis,
pinnulisque subulatis. Tliamn. disticha Lindenb.; Sph. tri-
angulatus var. bifarius Mart. Bras. p. 36? Angola.” — K ü tz.
Sp. p. 842.
5. H e . H y p n o i d e s (Kü tz. mscr.) "phycomate teretiusculo 2—^3 pollicari
pennam passerinam-merulinarn crasso ramosissimo, ramis
ramulisque undique et spiraliter obsessis, ramellis densis
tri-multifurcatis, apicibus patentibus spinescentibus. Color
obscure purpurascens. Cuba.” Kiitz, Sp. p. 842.
CXXXIV. B o s tk y C I I IA Mont. Cuba p. 39. FL CUI. V i l i ,
p . 305. Syll. p. 418. Hook, et Harv. in Lond. Journ, IV . p.
268. Harv. Ner. Austr. p. 68 et Ner. Bor. Amer. I I p . 54.
Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 839. Helicothamnion K ü tz. Bhyc. gener.
p. 433. Helicothamnion et Bostryeliia Kü tz. in Bot. Zeit. 1847
p . 3. Stictosiphonia Hook, et Harv. in Cryp t Antarct. p.
177. Rhodomelæ sp. C. Ag. et Auct. Alsidii Sp. J. Ag.
Synib.
Frons violaceo-livida, compressa aut filiformis, distiche aut quoquoversum
ramosa, apice sæpe incurva polysiphonia, cellulis
nempe 4—11 circa centralem in orbem dispositis subæque
longis contexta, siphonibus nudis artioulata aut cortice cel-
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