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dense whirls of short, simple or branched, colored hairs, closely 

 arising in short distances in almost horizontal direction. Hairs 

 consist of single row of short cylindrical cells ending in equally 

 thick, blunt apices. The whirls of hairs drop off in the lower 

 portion of older branches leaving annular marks behind. Fruits 

 unknown. Color purplish-red, fading to yellowish or pale green- 

 ish. Substance rigid and the plant does not adhere to paper in 

 drying. 



Hab. : Ryukyu, Prov. Hyuga, Nagasaki, Prov. Sagami, Prov. 

 Boshyu. 



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PL. CLVIII, fig. 17-19 Fig. 17: frond of Actinotrichia rigida (Lam.) 

 Decne., \. Fig. 18 ; portion of branch, a little magd. Fig. 19 ', portion of 

 longitudinal section of frond, 222. 



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Actinotrichia Decaisne. 



CHAETANGIACEAE * _ 



caisne fc if Galaxaura jg a ") Jgl) f- ;5r >v -j- y . -- M ' ^ ^ actis (%i 

 til) Hhrix(^) b H >) |&^. 



Actinotrichia rigida (Lamour.) Decne. 



t -e * j & * ra *t m 



%g CLVIII pi JK, 1 7-19 H- 



fit > % K 3*^ '&&?}*, 5-8 cm. ^ ^, QQ ft JR, 0.8-1 mm. 

 *^,$C&* JE s/ ^^JKte *,W"%ffl *%."&*,&& 



