fallophijllis. Gkjautine.e. 303 



immo aliqiiando approximalis, l)asi simpliciusculis ct piiinulis al)l)rcviatis 

 ol)siti.s, siipcrnc i)iiiiiulis scnsim loMgioril)Us subcuiiciilim cxpaiisis, tcr- 

 minaliljus obtusis, plus miiius profundc incisis crcnatisve, laciniis crenisque 

 obtusis sa?pe truncotis emarginatisve. Kalidia intra marginem aut ipso 

 margini immcrsa, scmilincam diamctro anjuantia, in utraquc pagina sub- 

 promincntia. Color cocciiieo-purpurascens, raro varicgatus. Sub.stantia 

 mcmbranacca. Cliartaj adba?ret. 



Hookcr ct Ilarvcy varictates plurimas valdeque dissimilcs 1. c. enu- 

 mcraiit; ex quibiis paterct plantam hanc magnopere variare. Inter plurima, 

 ijiuTe a diversis locis vidi specimina, difTerentiiT parum insigncs adsunt', 

 imde ad opcra citata relcgare e re esse judicavi. Specimina c Kcrguclcn- 

 land duo coram oculis habeo a Harvcy bcncvole communicata, quorum 

 unum fructiferum cum Cal. variegata dispositione fructuum, vix. autem 

 ramificationc, convenit-, alterum sterile Cal. tenerae nob. quoad formam 

 simile. An forsan suspicandiim sit .specics plurcs in unam conjunctas fuisse, 

 quae fructu accuratius inspiciendo distingucndae sint? — Spccimina ex Ma- 

 louinis Insulis, quae in Sp. Alg. Agardhip. 299 ad Sphaer. fimbriatum referuntur, 

 ad C. variegatam vel ad Cal. tencram pcrtinere videntur. Sph. Gaudichau- 

 dii CDonj Voy. Cor/u. ii:o 07 J partim ad eandcm plaiilam adnumerandus- 

 species practerea toto coclo divcrsas quoquc complectens. 



10. Cal. IIOMBiiONiANA (Mont. Pvodr. p. 3) froiide clecomposito- 

 pinnata, pinnis pinnulisquo l)asi simplicioribus lineaiil)us, su- 

 perne decompositis expansis margine limbriatis, torminalibus 

 obUisis dentatis, kalidiis in limbriis inimersis. 



Rhod. Hombroniana Monl. l. c. et Voy. Pol. Sud. p. \ol tab. ] fig.l] 

 Hook. et Ilarv. Crypl. anlarct. p. 1k tab. LXXII fig. II! Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. IV p. 843! 



Cal. Ilombroniana Kulz. sp. p. 746! 



liab. in stipitibus Algarum ad insiilas Auckland ct Novam Zn- 

 landiam (Ilombron, D'Lrville, F.aoul.) 



Frons scmipedalis a stipite planiusculo subtlabellata, subdichotomc 

 decomposito-piiinatifissa. Pinnac patenti-crectoe, 2 lincas lattB dcntal;r, 

 sub axillis leviter dilatata^, itcrum divisai, apicc cristato-multifitla^, axillis 

 dichotomiarum obtusis. l.aciniae ultimi ordinis lineam sesquilineam lata', 

 ex utroque margine ramenta profcrunt minuta ciliiformia, lanccolata, cla- 

 vata aut .spatliulata, cxtu-; dcntata, lineam et ultra longa fructifcra. Cun- 

 ceptacula [Kalidia'!'] hcmisph.Trica, seinen Papaveris diametro aeqiiantia, 

 mamilla centrali pcrforata [lYj instructa. Sporae in globos conglomcratEC, 

 ovoideae minulissim;e, numcrosissima^ roscac, in cxtrcmo cndochronuile 

 filameutorum formata', mox liberic ct pcr ostiolum conceptaculi erum- 

 pentes. Sphaerosporic (scc Hook. et Ilarv.) cruciatim divis;e. Subslantia 

 membranacea tenuis chartae male aut non adhacrens. Color vivide pur- 

 pureus baccarum Ribis rubri. 



