Amphirott. CUKAI.LINE.E (Aucron. AKESCH.). 529 



Ohs. do Mastoph. Decaisnei (liiilz Spec p. 697). -- Mnstophorrc de- 

 seriptio a Col. Decaisne in .\nnal.d. Siii'itc. is.'ii col. I p. 36'i data vidclur 

 mihi novi generis, uec nova> spocici character; niilhim enim riomen trivi.ile 

 adest. Ex hoc generis diagnosi suam M. DeraNnei, nee a so unqiiam 

 visam, forma vit Kiitzing. Hara species! qua; in rorum natura non existat. 

 Cfr. Decaisn. Corall. in Ann. d. Sc. 1b42 col. II, ubi etiam nulla talis c 

 Manilla nova species enumeratur. 



TRIIJ. II. CORALLIVEE (VCPSC). 



Frons verlicalis, filiformis, comprcsa I. plana, dichofoma, pinnata, 

 senipr-r arlicnlata. Kcnunidia clcvata verrucrefonnia I. oiunino 

 esterna, oblonjjo- 1. clliptico-ovata. 



XC. AMPHJROA Lamour. Bull. phil. 1812. Hist, des Pol. flex, 

 p. 294. Decaisne Annales des Scienc. not. 1842. Eot. vol. 

 3 p. -123 (pro parte). Endlich. Supplem. HI p. 49. Rut- 

 zing. Spec. p. 700. Harv. Ner. atisfr. p. 95 (exclus. apud 

 oinnes variis specieb.) Corallinae spec. Lamarck. Mem. du 

 Mus. el Hist, des An. s. vertebr.; Ell. et Soland. 



Frons calcarea fragilissima tereti-filiformis sou sul)t( i r< i s, comprossa 

 1. plana, di-trichoforua I. dichotoino-vcrticillata, e duolxis ccl- 

 lularuni stralis, cortical! cellulis ininoriliiis et interiori cdlulis 

 (.'longatis in zonas transversalos stipcrimpositas coordinatis for- 

 mate, constnicta, articulata; articuli polyiuorplii, geniculis cor- 

 ticatis bi'cvissiinis I. longioribus adpressi I. separati. Koramidia 

 medios per articulos sparsa, verrucseterruia poroque apice 

 perUisa. Porisporia e fundo keramidii erecta, oblon^a, sporas 

 quattuor zonafim secedentes includenlia. 



Frons in omnibus plus minus calcarea, immo intordum sub- 

 lapidescens et pro calcis frequentia plus minus fragilis, mine tcirs 

 omnino, riunc pra?sortim versus apicom compressa, complanata 1. 

 plana omnino, in pluribus normalilor di-tricbotoma, quainqiiam 

 dichotomife interdum plus minus irrcgularcs, in nomiullis composite 

 dichotomo-verticijlata, i. e rami primarii didiotomc dispositi ramulis 

 verticillatis obsessi, arlicnlata. Articuli terctcs, cemprcssi. compla- 

 nati I. plani, linearos, oblongi, cuneali I. clliptici, mine adpressi, i. o. 

 geniculis linea fransvursali tantum notatis (lineaeformibus). separati, 



