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NITOPHYLLUM PUNCTATUM, Grev.
G e n . Chak. Frond m embrana ceous, re tic u la te d , ro se -red (rarely p u rp b s h ),
irreg u la rly cleft, veinless, o r fu rn isb e d w ith irr e g u la r veins towards
th e base. Fructification two-fold, on d is tin c t p la n ts ; 1, convex
tuhercles (coccidia) im m e rs ed in th e fro n d , a n d c o n ta in in g a mass of
spores ; 2, tetraspores, g ro u p e d in to definite sori or spots, variously
s c a tte re d over th e fro n d . N itophyl lum (G)-«/.),— co rru p tly fo rm ed
from nitoT, to shine, an d cjivWov, a leaf.
N i t o p h y l l u m punctatum ; fro n d very th in a n d delicate, d e s titu te of n e r v
u re s , e ith e r re g u la rly d ich o tom o u s, o r cleft in to two o r th re e
irin o ip al s egm ents, whose m a rg in s a re frin g ed w ith d ichotomous
obes ; axils ro u n d e d ; sp o ts of g ran u le s la rg e , oblong, s c a tte re d over
th e whole surface o f th e fro n d .
N it o ph y l lu m punctatum, Grev. Alg. Brit. p. 79. t . 13. Hook. Br. Fl.
vol. ii. p. 287. Harv. in Mack. Fl. Hib. part 3. p. 192. Harv. Man. p. 57.
Hook. fil. et Harv. Bond. Journ. vol. vi. p. 403.
A glaiophyllum punctatum, Mont. Endl. 3rd Suppl. p. 62. Kütz. Phyc.
Gen. p. 443.
WoBMSKioLDiA punctata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 331.
D e l e s s e e ia punctata, Ag. Sp. Alg. vol. i. p. 186. Ag. Syst. p. 252. Hook.
El. Scot. part 3. p. 101. Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 294.
D e l e s s e e ia ulvoides, Hook. Fl. Scot. p a rt 2. p. 101.
F u cu s punctatus, With. Br. Ar. (Ed. 6) vol. iv. p. 120. E. Bot. t. 1575.
Turn. H u t. t. 71.
F u cu s ulvoides, Turn. Hist. t. 80.
U lva punctata. Stack, in Linn. Trans, vol. iii. p. 236.
Var. (3. oceUatum ; frond with a roundish outline, cleft nearly to the base,
the segments repeatedly dichotomous, linear.
N itophyllum punctatum, /3. ocellatum, Harv. Man. p. 57.
N itophyllum oceUatum, Grev. Alg. Brit. p. 78. Hook. Br. El. vol. ii. p. 286.
Wyatt, Alg. Banm. no. 15. J. Ag. Alg. Medit. p. 156.
A glaiophyllum oceUatum, Mont. in Zanard. Saggio., &c. p. 46. Endl. 3rd
Suppl. p. 52. Kiitz. Phyc. Oen. p. 443.
D e l e s s e e ia oceUata, Lam. Ess. p. 125. Ag. Sp. Alg. vol. i. p. 187. Ag.
Syst. p. 262. Grev. Orypt. t. 347.
WoEMSKiOLDiA ocellata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 331.
H alymenia oceUata, Buby, Bot. Gall. p. 945.
F u cu s oceUatus, Lam. Biss. t. 82.
F u cu s granateus, Lam. Biss. t. 33. f. 3, 4.
Var. y. crispatum ; frond thickish, cleft nearly to the base, the segments
irregularly dichotomous, linear, with the margin strongly curled.
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