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pollicem vel sesqiiipollicem lata, integerrima, hlnc inde e disco [»rolifera. Pj^o- 

 lificationes confovnxes^ oblongae, snbsessiles vel breve petiolatae, basisuban- 

 gustatae, apice obtusae, snbemarginatae, costa media, tenui percrursae, mar- 

 gine ititegerrimae vel subdenticulatae, 3-5 poll, longae, pollicem latae. Frons 

 tota pulcheiriiiie oblique zonata et areolata, areolis oiunibiis rhonibeis. Sti- 

 ehidia per frondeni ubiqiie sjiarsa, nunc solStariii, nunc subcoacervata, obo- 

 vata, breve pedicellata, duplici serie sphaerosporas continentia. Sphaero- 

 sporae sphaericae, nucleo triangulatim quadridiviso. Keraniidia sparsa, 

 obovata, sessilia, sporidiis clavatis, majusculis, peridio liyalino cinctis, e pla- 

 centa svibbasilari egredientibus foeta. Color roseus , demum purpui'ascens. 

 Substantia membranacea. 



KUTZTNGTA Sond. in Mohl et Schlechtend. 



bot- Zeit* 1845. p. 54. 



Frons membranaceo-cartilaginea, plana, corticata, costata, 

 disticlje pinnata. Cellnlae interiores in yonas tetraedras paial- 

 lelas transversales onliuatae. Fructificatio: Stichiclia oblonga, 

 costae mediae striisque transversalibus adnata, duplici serie 

 sphaerosporas foventia, Keramidia 



Alga niarinaj Australasiaca, atropurpurea, basi caulescens. 

 Genus dicatum Algologo celeberrinio F. T, Kntzing^ Prof. 

 Nordhuslensi. 



1. Kiitzingria eanaliciilata Soiid. I. c. 



Rijtiphlaea eanaliciilata Grevill. in Edinb. Journ. of nat. 

 et geograph. science New Series N. 111. c. icone. 



Ad litus occideatale Novae Ilollandine. Herb. Preiss- No. 2590. 



Radix scrttata, parva. Frons splthamaea. Caulis bipoUicarLs, pennae 

 columbinae crassitie, teres, in ranios explnnata patnlos, foliaceos, bi-vel tri- 

 ijinnatos, costa valida percursos. Pinnae liuei^res pollicares vel ultra, 1 '/a*'^ 

 lin. latae, nt pinnulae disticbae, snbrr>nalieulatae, margine integerrlmae, co- 

 statae, transverse parallele zonata, areolis tetragonis. Stichidia 1-6 «iggre- 

 gata, in pagina frondis sujieriore costam mediani occupantia, i. e, longitudi- 

 naUter uniseriata, in pagina inferiore ad utrunique latus costae striis trans- 

 versalibus, intervallo lineae unlus sejunctis affixa, oblonga vel ovata, breve 

 pedicellata. Sphaerosporae biseriatae, sphaericae, nucleo triangulatiin qua- 

 dridiviso, Keramidia ignota. Color madefactae obscure purpureus, sicca- 

 tae subnigrescens^ 



POLYPHACEAE Decaisn. Annal scienc. 



nafiir. ser. 2. XVII. d. 363. 



POLYPHACUM Agardh, Sond. in Mohl et 



Schlechtend. bot. Zeit. 1845. p. 54. 



Frons caulescens, raniis foliiformibus proliferis, verrucis 

 stipltatis spinulosis obsitis. Folia raembranaceo-coriacea nervo 

 crasso pcrcursa, cellulis interioribus maximis parenehyniaticis 

 seriatis. Verrucarinn stipes folio conformis, spinidae articulatae. 



