Dasya. Rhodomelete. ' 1255 



ticata, caule ramisque inferne denudatis, superne subarticu- 

 latis penicillato-villosis, raraulis ecorticatis, penicillorum filis 

 a basi monosiphoniis tenerrimis simplicibus, ramorum ver- 

 ticillatis a strato corticali, ramulorum ad genicula exeunti- 

 bus singulis alternis, stichidiis ex apice ramuli ortis lan- 

 coideis submoniliformibus viUosis, articulis 4-siphoniis dia- 

 metro brevioribus. 



Dasya verticillata Rarv. l. e. Ner. A^istr. p. 64 tab. XXIV! Fl. 

 Tasm. p. 304! Sond. pl. Muell. p. 702! 



Lophothaliti verticillata Kiits. Sp. p. 797! 

 Exsicc. Harv. Alg. Austr. n:o 223! 



Hab. in oceano australi ad littus Tasmannise (Gunn!). 



Froudes a plexu radicali elongatse, pedales et iiltra, ambitu pjTa- 

 midata>, deconiposito-piriiiatim raniosa^ caule cohimbinam pennam cir- 

 citer crasso ramisque sensim teuuioribus inferne denudatis continuis, 

 superne dense penicillato-villosis. Rami antepenultimi articulati, atta- 

 men corticati, ultimi penultimique articuUiti nudi, articulis omnium 

 diametro brevioribus, sectione transversah siphones pericentrales 4 

 plus minus corticatos aut nndos monstrantes. Fila penicillorum. qua^ 

 a ramis uUimi ordinis (quos ramulos dixi) exeunt, snnt ad genicnla 

 singula quoquoversum alterna erecto-patentia-, qua' a ramis corticatis 

 proveniunt, ea sunt astrato corticali exeuntia, in eadem hnea transver- 

 sali phira, ideoque verticillata subpatentiora, omnia simplicia longe 

 attenuata molHa, articulis diametro 4 — 6-plo longiora. In ramnlis te- 

 trasiphoniis ecorticatis stichidia evolvuntur, et apice simplici aut ra- 

 moso transformata, ideoque singula terminalia ant in eodem rachide 

 plura, ipsa pihjsa, pedicello quoque plus minus ehjngato piloso in- 

 structa, fencoidea, in singulis articulis sphferosporas singulas aut pau- 

 cas (sape 2) evolventia; articuli unica, et articuh phiribus sphgero- 

 sporis farcti sa?pe alternant, hoc niodo irregulariter monihformem ad- 

 spectum stichidiis tribuentes. Color coccineus. 



Species dispositione dissimih fdorum monosiphonioram in parti- 

 bus juvenihbus et aduUioribus insignis, et ab omnibus aliis speciebns 

 hoc respectu abludens. Harvey in icone, creterum pulcherrima, Lane 

 dispositionem non satis distinctam exhibuit-, quot tila in verticiUis 

 pinxit, tot me uon vidisse confiteor. Sit tamen ut hoc respectu diffe- 

 rentia? adessent. Raniulos tetrasiphonios neque ita basi constrictos 

 vidi, nisi in rachide stichidiifera stichidia lateraha fere sessiha sint-, 

 plerurnqufe sticliidia pediceUo longiori suffuUa mihi obvenerunt, ramulo 

 ad basem vix attenuato pediceUum constituente. 



5]. D. FEREDAYiE (Harv. mscr.) elongata teretiuscula corticata 

 vage pinnatim ramosa, caule ramisque majoribus inferne 

 nudis, apice minoribusque squarroso-ramulosis, ramulis a 



