448 HYPNEACE^E. Ilypnea. 



10. JI. HISSOANA (J. Ay. Alg. med. p. 150) intricato-cacspilosa alterno 



ramosa ramis extra ca?spitem parum porrectis, in inferiore 

 parte sparse spinulosis, apice rectiiisculis siibdenudatis, spinnlis 

 qiioquoversiim egredientibus subhorizoritalibns, plurimis sim- 

 plicibus a basi laliore aciiminatis, sporiferis minoribus ovato- 

 acuminatis supra bascm constrictam mos incrassalis apice sterili 

 brevissimo apiculatis. 



Hypn. Rissoana J. Ag. I. c. Kiilz. sp. Alt/, p. 758. 

 Sphserococcus divaricatus Ay. Aufc. n. 75 in Flora '1827. 



Ilab. in raari meditcrraneo et adriatico. 



CaRspitos diffusi laxi at inlricalissimi. Frondes omnino recentes rigi- 

 diusculaj et fragilissima?, ita ut potius in fragmenta dilabuntur quam 

 integrum specimen extricatur, in acre vero mox flexiles, 4 5-pollicares, 

 irregulariter ramosa?., inferne subdichotomab, superne ramis minoribus in- 

 struct33 et per totam longitudinem ramulis minoribus uudique egredientibus 

 obsess, apice recto nuda?. Ramuli subulati acurninati subsimplices, 

 majoribus denuo compositis. Color flavidus aliquantulum diaphanus. Ra- 

 muli fcrtiles junioros sterilibus subsimiles, sa>pe altius supra basem in- 

 tumesccntes- maturi abbreviati et incrassati semilineam vix longi, basi 

 brevissime steriles con.stricti, supra stricturam mox intiimescentes, apiculo 

 terminab sterili brevissimo superati. 



11. II. DIVARICATA (Grev. Syn. p. LIX) intricato-ctcspitosa alterne 



ramosa, ramis extra caespitera |)arum porrectis, per totam lon- 

 fjitudinem spinulosis apico subdeniulato rectiiisculis, spinnlis 

 quoquoversnm egredientibus, superioribus subseciindatis, pa- 

 tentibus simplicibus compositisve, a basi lafioro aciiminatis, 

 sporiforis conformibus basi tumida fertili sessilibus, capsulis ad 

 ramulos divaricates aggregatis. 



Var. a. dicaricata fronde spinnlis sparsioribus obsita. 



Ilypnea divaricata Grev. I. c.? SoniL Aly. Preiss. p. 43! Kitfz. sp. p. 



759 (exclus. syn. Turneri el Ag. ap. omilcs). 



Hypn. musciformis var. . divaricala Harv. Aly. Tel/air, n. 18 in Hook. 



Journ. Hot. I. p. 147!! (capsulifera). 



Hypn. musciformis var. y. Valentia? et 3. nuda (partim) Harv. I. c.! 



(sterilis). 



Var. ft. ramulosa Irondibns in inferiore parte densissime spinulosis, 

 s| n mi I is horizontalibus. 

 Hypn. musciformis var. ramulosa Harv. 1. c.H 

 Ilab. in oceano australi ad oras Nova; Hollandiic (Preiss!) et 



insulas IMascarenas (Tellair!); in sinn Mcxicano (Liebman!). 



