T l ^ C C LM lVm .
Ser. E h o d o s p e rm e æ . F"“ ' Spongwcarpeæ.
P l a t e CCLXXXVIII.
GYMNOGONGRUS PLICATUS, Kg.
G e n . Ch a r . Frond cylindrical or c o m p r e s s e d , horny, mucli branched, its
substance composed of densely packed filaments, of which th e innermost
are longitudinal, th e middle curving outwards, and th e external
stratum (or periphery) horizontal and moniliform. Fructification,
naked warts entirely composed of bead-like strings of cruciate te tra spores.
G y m n o g o n g r d s [M a r t),— from yvgvoz, naked, andyoyypov, a
word applied by Theophrastus to wart-like excrescences on trees.
G y m n o g o n g r u s plicatus-, froud ^ “ X i o r o u ^
Inrlv branched entangled, wr y ; branches sub-dichotomous, axus
o b iL e r r am u h often L c n n d ; L c tif ic a tio n , oblong warts composed
of obscurely-jointed filaments.
G y m n o g o n g r u s plicatus, Kütz. Sp. Alg. p. 789. Earv. Man. ed. 2^p. U o
Hare, in Mack. FI. Hii. part lu. p. 301. Harv. Man. p. 76.
S p h æ r o c o c o u s pücatus,rfÿ. Sp. Alg. vol i. p. 313. Syst. p. 334.
SoYTOSiPHONliippuroides,iÿBÎ'5.7ïyt7. 7>m. p. 63. t. 14. , ,,
H ab. On rooks and stones within tide-marks, and at a greater depth.
Perennial. Common.
D , scr. T t h S a"s
w S s ^ r Bhrinking in drying, very r.gid wuy
In drying, this plant does not adhere to paper.