NitophijUum. NITOPUYLLE^. 91 



/// />////// /,v marginalibus, 1<>n<i<i aerie prol/- 

 ji<'ti:titihtt!<, nun,'- x/ufitilix, mine /H>/r//<>nl> 

 collect/*. 



65. NIT. VIOLACEUM J. A(/. E/>/<-r. }>. 70f>. 



Hanc esse Speeiem illam California-, i|iiam nomine .V. lin-i-ntti 

 din babnernnt Algologi America-, Inbenter assmnerem. .liiiiioreiii ejns 

 dem plantain cum N. lacerulo temiitate IVondis conveiiire, <|iio<|iic agno- 

 scere dpportet, at hane edlure magis in vinlaeeiiin tendente lanien ab 

 Knntp;ea Specie jam dignoscendam esse dieen-m ; adiiltam el senilem 

 plantain Californicam firmitate t'rondis Kiir<>p.-eain plantain longe snpe 

 rare mihi quidem t'uit evidentissimum. Dum in .V. t,tn;'i-iit<> sums gene 

 ratnr inter lacinias marginis undnlati, in A'. riol<i<;;> pbvlla surilVra pn>- 

 pria evoluta rieri, agnoscere opportet. In planta ejusdem juniorc, at 

 rite sph8Brosporifera 3 phylla suprema dbservare quidem liceat undiila 

 lionibus marginis orta, modo diceres X. Idrrruti; at iimx paniu infra 

 undulatioiies in foliola transinutata propria limit ita densa, lit eadein 

 in fasciculos oollecta faeilius diceres. Sub hoc stadid singula f<tlinla 

 margine sterili latiusculo cincta vidi; h;ec verd fdlidla mine margine 

 magis obsoleto, quoijue fieri botryoideo-collecta, qualia ldl?-ydg|dssis 

 characteristica judicarunt; mine ver<> eadem vidi in foliolum ima basi 

 fnietiferum, superne magis lingulatum excn-scentia. Kjusmodi folium 

 transverse sectum offerre vidi uni(-am seriem eellnlanim iiiteridrum, 

 <|iias anguste oblongas dicerem, secus longitiidinem ila eldiigatas, nl 

 sua longitudine cellulas paginates subcubicas a.-quan- videanlnr; in sdi-d 

 celluhe paginales magnitndine auctie et subdivisa-, in iinam parlem 

 centralem (sphserosporam) et plures minutas bane ambientes, abeunt. 



Sub nomine X. violacei quoqne aliam plantain, et me judiee ad 

 moilmn diversam mihi missam liabui, qiiam lioc loco inter Neuroglossa 

 ut specieni hujus Generis novam descri)>tam videas. Kronde linjiis a 

 facie dbservala, defectu venarum a N. vidlacen diversa jam prinid in 

 tuitu adpareat ; aliis characteribus turn struct ma- fntndis, turn ex 

 rationis loc.o et struct lira sori deduetis bane Speeiem ad 

 pertinere assumsi. 



Fronde tenuitcr memln-'iinu'cn lachiii* nl, 

 ovdto-dblongis nt frondem nij'c, -in /><t,hn<tl/- 

 fiildin xitjiiTi/r palmato-lobatam ron 



Iota (nl <n/}nirt'(il) I'cnsfii.ttt nf rent* 



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rotundatis, wrft* muriiht.cx in /nn(fn* 



prolificantibus. 



