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P l a t e CXLV.
CHYLOCLADIA KALIFOEMIS, llook.
G e n . Cha» . Frond (a t le a st th e b ran ch e s ) tu b u la r, c o n s tric ted a t re g u la r
in te rv a ls , a n d div id ed b y in te rn a l d iap h ragm s in to jo in ts , filled w ith a
w atery ju ic e , a n d tra v e rs ed b y a few lo n g itu d in a l filaments ; p e rip h e ry
composed of small, poly g o n a l cells. Fructification o f tw o k in d s , on
d is tin c t in d iv id u a ls ; 1, sp h erica l, ovate, o r conical capsules (ceramidia)
co n ta in in g a tu f t of w ed g e-sh ap ed spore s on a c en tra l p la c e n ta ;
3, tr ip a r tite tetraspores, im m e rsed in th e sm aller b ra n c h e s , n e a r th e ir
apices. Chylocladia (Grev.)— from x»kor, ju ic e , a n d AaSos, a brancli.
G im o cL K S ix k a l i f o r m i s frond subgelatinous, tubular, pyramidal; main
stem simple, distended, distantly constricted; branches opposite or
whorled, repeatedly compound; ramuli moniliform; capsules spherical,
with a pellucid border.
C h y lo c la d ia kaliformis, Hook. Br. M. vol. ii. p. 397. Harv. in Mack. FI.
/fiS. part 3. p. 199. Harv. Man. g. 12. W y a tt, Alg. Banm. a .2 4 . J .A g .
Alg. Medit. p. 111.
L om b n tam a kaliformis, Gaill. Bes. p. 20. Fndl. Srd Suppl. p. 43. Kiitz.
Fhyc. 6 » . p.440. t.5 5 . f.S. Za n a rd ,A lg .A d r .g .9 1 . Mont. FI. Alg. g .33.
G a s trid ium k a lii-oume, Byngb. Hyd. Banm. p. 70. Grev. Alg. B n t. p. 117.
C h o n d e ia kaliformis, Ag. Sp.Alg. vol. i. p. 355. Ag. Syst. p. 207. Spreng.
Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 342. Hook. FI. Scot. part 2. p. 106.
Gig a e t in a kaliformis, Lamour. Mss. p. 49.
F u cu s kaliformis, Good, and Woodw. in Linn. Trans, vol. iii. p. 206. t. 18.
Sm. Fkg. Bot. t. 640. Turn. Syn. p. 377. Turn. Hist. t. 29.
F u cu s verticillatus, lAghtf. FI. Scot. p. 962. t. 31.
S.patens-, frond flexuous, much a tten u a ted ; branches opposite, horizontal,
flexuous, drawn out into long slender p o in ts; ramuli setaceous, opposite
or alternate.
L om e n ta e ia patens, Kiitz. Phyc. Gen. p. 440.
y squarrosa-, frond crisped and entangled, variously curved; branches
densely whorled; ramuli very numerous, whorled, squarrose or arclung,
slender.
L omentaeia squarrosa, Kiitz. Phyc. Gen. p. 440. t. 55. f. 4.
I Ia b . On rooks and stones in th e sea, between tide marks, and in from
four to fifteen fathoms water. Annual. Spring and Summer.
Var. and y. in deep land-locked, sandy or muddy bays. Var. /3.
Strangford Lough, M r. W. Thompson. Carrickfergus, M r. M ’Calla.
Var. -y. Roundstone Bay^ M r. M ’Calla. Torbay, Mrs. Griffiths.
Oeoor.. D i s t r . Nortliern Atlantic. Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.