304 CHAMPiEyE. Chmnjpia. 



iii caule prinuirio tiiljuloso subincoiispicue articulato op- 

 positis verticillatis aut alteriiis articulato-constrictis, ar- 

 ticulis utrinque truncatis diametro sequalibus aut sesqui- 

 longioribus, sphserosporis per mediam partem ramulorum 

 sparsis, cystocarpiis ovatis ad ramos sessilibus. Lonienta- 

 ria parvula Harv. J. A(/. Sp. p. 729. Grev. Scot. tah. 346. 

 Harv. Phi/c. tab. 210. Kiits: tah. Biyc. Vol. XV. tah. 

 87. Lonient. irregularis Zanard. (fide Harvey). 



In atlautico ad Europam et Americam; in mediterraneo. 

 Specimina ex pacitico et australi oceano vix bodie dig- 

 noscenda. 



2. Ch. apfinis (Ilooh. et Harv. Ahj. Tasm. n:o 41) fronde 

 paniculatim ramosa ramisque inferne subcoalescentibus 

 ssepe intricata, ramulis in caule primario tubuloso ma- 

 gis conspicue articulato oppositis verticillatis aut alter- 

 nis articulato-coiistrictis, articulis ramulorum utrinque 

 truncatis diametro iequalibus aut brevioribus, ramulis 

 sphserosporiferis, cystocarpiis ovatis ad ramulos sessili- 

 bus. Lom. affinis Ilarv. J. Ag. Sp. p. 730. Harv. Ner. 

 austr. tah. 29. Kiltz. tah. Ph/jc. Vol. XV. tah. 80. 



Duse formse dignoscendse: 



c(. APPiNis articulis ramorum inferioribus magis oblongis dia- 

 metro sesqui-duplo longioribus, sphajrosporis partein in- 

 crassatam articulorum occupantibus, zonas transversales 

 in ramulis formantibus. 



/?. iNTERMEDiA articulis ramorum inferioribus subcylindraceis, 

 diametro sequalibus aut brevioribus, sphserosporis per 

 partem superiorem ramulorum sparsis. — Species pro- 

 pria videretur, si sphserosporse constaiiter sparsse. 

 Utraque ad oras Tasmaniee et Novse Hollandise. 



3. 



Ch. obsoleta (Harv. II. Tasni. p. 307) fronde paniculatim 

 ramosa erectiuscula et caulescente, ramuhs iii caule tu- 

 buloso obsoletissime articuhito oppositis verticillatis aut 

 alternis articulato-constrictis, articulis ramulorum utrin- 

 pue truncatis diametro subffiqualibus, adultioribus ramo- 

 rum icqualibus nunc sesquilongioribus parum conspicnis, 

 sphfcrosporis partem incrassatam articulorum occupanti- 



