Melobesia. CORALLINE.E (AUCTOR. AllESCH.). 513 



auctoris spcciminn, pertincrc vidctur. Fquidcm ulramquc characteribus 

 nullis essentialibus disiingncrc possum. 



3. M. VERUUCATA (Lamour. Hi fit. dcs Pol. flexib. p. 316) tota pa- 

 gina inferior! adnata, fronde plana suborbiculari mox in crustam 

 crassiusculam fragilcm, supra niinufo lainplloso-inibricatam, in- 

 determinatam conflncnto, kcramidiis inconspicuis densissimis 

 totain crustain occupantibus. 



M. vcrrucata Lamour. I. c. Kill-.. Spec. p. GOG. - - Ilarv. Man. cd. 

 2 p. 100. 



llab. llorideis insidcns in inari aflanlico, al) oris Britannia? usquo 

 in maro mediterraneum. Ad oram Brasilia in liyfiphla:a obtusiloba 

 parasitica. (Herb, propr. ot alior.) 



Frons initio, ut pra?ccdentium, tcnuior, suborbic.ularis, mox vero in 

 matricc cum vicinis in crustam crassiusculam, fragilcm, magnitudioe aUjuo 

 forma omnino indcterminatam, nunrjuam rimoso-cv-cissam, supra minute 

 lamelloso-inibricatom, colorisquc mine rubri nunc purpurei 1. cretaceo- 

 albidi, conllucns. Koramidia qunm in prioribus fcrc minora, dcnsissimo 

 ct per totam crustam .Tqnaliter sparsa. 



i. M. I'USTur.AT.v (Lamour. Hist, des Pol. flex. p. 315 t. 12- /. c. 

 B) tofa pagina inforiori adnata. fronde doin crassa convexo- 

 pnlvinata suborbiculari Irevi imbricata, donique confluenti_, kc'ru- 

 midiis conspicuis per totain fero frondem sparsis. 



Melobesia pusttilata Lamour. 1. c. Ktilz Spec. p. G96. - - Ifarv. Ncr. 

 anslr. p. '110. - - Man. al. 2 p. 100. 



llab. Florideis aliisque Al^is insidcns, in inari atlantico ab oris 

 Britannia? usquo in nicditorranoinn ot adriatictim; in pacifico inari 

 ad insulam Norfolk, soc. Harvoy I. c. (Herb. prop, ct alior.) 



Omnium distinctissima species et cum ceteris vix confundenda. Frons 

 initio plana, suborbicularis, at sensim vegetatione supra lamelloso-imbri- 

 cata plus minus pulvinata, coloris rubescentis, virescentis 1. all>i, 1 3 

 lineas diamctro a?quans, rienique cum aliis IVondibus in crustam plus minus 

 indetermiaatam, crassam conilucns. Keramidia mamillaeforrnia, (juom in 

 praecedentibus majoro, nudis oculis pcr-conspicua. 



5. M. AMIT.EXIFRO.NS (Hfirv. Ner. auslr. p. MO) fronde laxc amplo- 

 ctonto crassa lobata ru^osa, korainidiis iniiuilissiinis iinmorsis 

 umbilicatis fere poriformibus. 



Hub. Port .Natal in (ididio. 



Melobesia- pustulatse aflinis, scd major, crusla mullo ciassiori kura- 

 midiisque insigniler parvis valdc immcrsis (Ilarv. 1. c.) 



