SOUAMAIUE.K. 485 



ORDO XI. SQIMARIE/E. 



Squamariea) Zanard. Synops. p. 133 (escl. gen.) Spongiocarpearum 

 Gen. J. Ag, el Auct. Clirctopliorese et Porphyrea? (quoad partes) 

 Kutzing. 



Frons globulosa aut soepius borizontaliter expansa, fills muco laxiori 

 coliibitis aut solidescente concrctis contexta. Cystocarpia trans- 

 formatione liloruni moniliforraium superficialium (Nemathecii) 

 orta, filisque storilibus slipata, mula , gemmidia aiiiculatini 

 seriata discoidoa aut rotundata in aiticulis singula, inlra raeni- 

 branam hyalinam fili transmutati foventia. SphcerospordB e\ 

 articulis iilonnn consimiliuin transforraatae, xonalim aut cru- 

 ciatim divisse. 



Alga3 glol)os;e (Actinococcus) vel saepins horizontaliter ex- 

 pansoc, aut magis golatinos?e (I'etrocelis, Cruoria Contarinia), aul 

 magis coriaceo-carnosfc (llocmatocelis, Pcyssonelia), aut crustacc;o 

 quasi calce carbonica levitor incrustatic (Ilildenbrandtia et Peyssonolhu 

 sp.), aut denique tenuiores raembranaceae (Uliododermis), coccinco- 

 purpurascentcs. Frondes aut filis muco laxiori coliibitis constitul;i' 

 (Actinococcus, Peterocolis. Cruoria, Contarinia), aut cellulosnc, ncmpe 

 lilis muco solidescente concretis constantes (Ilildenbrandtia, HoGma- 

 tocelis, Peyssonelia, Rbododermis"). Cystocarpia (in unico gcnf-n; 

 tantum observata, an in omnibus obvenientia?) transformatione li- 

 lorum (superficialium frondis? aut) verruca; nemathecioidese orta, 

 paranematibusque, sen lilis sterilibus, cincta, coeterum nuda (nullo 

 pericarpio excepta); constant gemraidiis seriatis 2-plurimisvc, nu- 

 cloum oblongum, simpliccm aut magis elongalum et rainosum, for- 

 mantibus. Gemmidia intra articulos singula, et transformatione 

 endocliromatis orta, nunc rotundata, mine compressions muliia de- 

 pressa et discoidea; intra periderma hyalinum articuli singula nidu- 



