I. 



LITHOTHAMNIONEAE, MELOBESIEAE, MASTOPHOREAE 



i;v 



M. FOSLIE. 



With plate I— XIII. 



I. LITHOTHAMNIONEAE Fosl. T ). 

 Lithothamnion Phil. (Fosl. emend.). 

 a. C r u s t ac e a 2 ). 

 i . Lithothamnion siamense Fosl. 



Corall. in SCHMIDT, Fl. Koh Chang II, p. 19; excl. f. simulans. 

 f. typica. Fig. 3; PI. I, fig. 1 — 2. 



Lithothamnion siamense f. minuta Fosl. 1. c. 



f. pseudoramosa Fosl. mscr. PI. I, fig. 3 — 9. 



The crust forming short branch-like excrescences, mainly by covering up undissolved 

 conceptacles, other species or extraneous objects, and often less clinging to the substratum than 

 in the typical form. 



Stat. 49'. Sapeh Strait, Sumbawa. 69 m. Coral and shells. 



Stat. 64. Kambaragi Bay, Tanah Djampeah. Up to 32 m. Coral, coral sand. 



St.it. 109. Pulu-Tongkil, Sulu Archipelago. 13 m. Lithothamnion bottom. 



Stat. 125. Sawan, Siau Island. 27 m. Stone and some Lithothamnion. 



Stat. 234. Nalahia Bay, Nusa-Laut Island. 46 m. Stony. 



Stat. 258. Tual, Kei Islands. 5 — 20 m. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. 



ij '' 1 ) \ : 1 1 Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter 1902, Aarsberetning (Trondhjem 1903) I have divided the Corallinaceae in ihe 



following sectioi ionally without particular argument: Chaetolithoneae : Chaetolithon\ Lithothamnioneae : Phymatolithon, 



Clalkt Archaeolithothamnion\ Schmitzielleae : SchmitzUlla\ Choreonemeae : Choreonema\ Melobesieae: 



Dermatolithon^ I.ithophvlium: Mastophoreae : Mastophora\ Corallineaic : Amjikiroa, Chtilosporum^ Corallina. 



2) In Nonv. Lithoth. and Rev. Syst. Surv. Melob. I divided Lithothamnion into Innata and Evanida. Instead <>f this I 



' iiistacea. Subramosa and Ramosa. 



