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spone ohscrvulio (iiciiml, noii laineii promisciio ohvcnicnlcs. scd 

 suo (pia?qtio t\ pico loco nalic *). 



Piwtcr orjjana Ikcc nornialia ct oiuniljiis siiie duhio coininii- 

 nia Seirospone in nonnuliis (Callilhainnii specichus) ohserval.c 

 ruenint. Kilis fasciciilalis, dicliotoino-lasti;;iatis, articulato- nionili- 

 formil)iis constant, inlra arliciilos corpuscula ovalia, niiilto ohscuriiis 

 colorala (]Uani arliciili liloriiin slcriliiiin, fovcntcs. (;or|)uscula ha,'C 

 spliaTOsporaruin nioro in sporas solvi, llarvey aiictor cst; milii in- 

 (li\isa scinper ohvenciunt. Pncfcr scirosporas in iisdcm, ni fallor, 

 plaiitis ct spliaMospoiic et favclla' normalcs evolvuntiir. Ilinc sei- 

 rosporas ahnorincm poliiis cvoliilioncm suspicor, quam organa iii 

 cerlis plantis norinalia, ({u<c \cl favellis V(d spluvrosporis aliariim 

 analoga liahonda osscnt. 



Ccramicariim nominc jain apiid A;;aidliiiim (Si/st. Alg. Inlrod. 

 et Sp. A/g. Vul. II. J lamiliam (luandam institiilam invcnimus. QihT 

 viMO (jiiiim omiics propiio aiticiilalas Floridcas (rdiodomclcas ct(\) 

 complectchatur, tum alias niinus ovidentcr arliciilatas excludchal. 

 In Svmholis meis ahiuG dein in Al;;is IMcHliterraneis familiam a Cc- 

 ramieis et Florideis (luihnsdam antecedcnlium Auctormn fundarc 

 niolitus sum, cliaractcrcs a liiictu peculiari, (picin lavclla' nominc 

 antea desijjnavcrant, pctcns. 1'amiliam ila coinpositam |)Iurimi Al- 

 jjolo^i liodierni adoptarunt. Dccaisnc alio omnino sensu Ccramieas 

 delinivit; primiim cnim Polysiplioniam (in P/. de rArab. p. 182) 

 iisdcm adnumeravit, dcin (C/assif. p. 02) rolysiphoniam qtiidcm 

 expulsit, at Dasyam ct Digeneam intcr Ceramicas, Ptilotam vcro in- 

 ter Thamnopliorcas eniimcravit. Kutzinfj alio (pio(|uc niodo siias 

 condidit liariim plantarum familias. — Ilodic ipsc limitcs antea dti- 

 ctos — no.M vcro cliaractcres lamilia^ ■ — ali(juantuliim mutandos 

 censeo. Analysis fructinim accuralior tantas in noniuillis gcnerihiis 

 diirerenlias ohliilil, ut lucc [jcncra cvpcllenda credcrcm: Wrangeliam 

 puto et Spyridiain ahiiic luiic proximam IJindei am. Wranj;elia fjcril 

 Iructiis, a favella Ceramicarum \i\ miniis dissimiles, (|iiain (pii Ion;;e 

 aliiim in Syst('mate locum PoIysi|)Iioni;c, oinniiim consensii, vindi- 

 carunt. — Ouo ita(jue a Ccramicis jtire scparantiir Polysiplionia el 

 !;enera htiic alfinia, eodcm (jtio^juc Uraii;jclia, (jtiantumcunKjuc sit 



^) \n Caiiithaninii spccic lioc ohscr\arunl C:i Croiian, vl spccinieii ii- 

 Iroque friiclu iiistrucluni milii bencvoio communicarunt. Iiicni iii Coianui 

 specie videri» credidi; ut duliius siim annc specimen lior j)lurihiis revera 

 compositiim sit. 



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