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18. C. frascatii sp. nov.; P. B.-A., No. 2164. Huinilis, 1-2 

 cm. alta; ramificatione irregular!, inferne plerumque dichotoma, 

 dichotomiis patentibus; superne partim conformi, sed etiam laterali, 

 patente, saepe rectangulari; ramulis ultimis 1-3-cellularihus, prope 

 vel oninino rectangularibiis, saepe secimdis latere exteriore rami 

 recurvati; cellulis inferne 70-100 yu diam., 2-5 diam. longis, cylin- 

 dricis; ramulorum 60-80 ju diam., 2-3 diam. longis, leviter inflatis, 

 nodis constrictis; cellula terminali obtusa. 



Low, 1-2 cm. high, branching irregular, below mostly dichotomous, 

 with wide forkings ; above partly similar, partly lateral, patent, often 

 at a right angle; ultimate ramuli 1-3-celled, nearly or quite at right 

 angles, often secund on the outer side of a recurved branch. Cells 

 below 70-100 /i diam., 2-5 diam. long, cylindrical; in the ramuli 

 60-80 jj. diam., 2-3 diam. long, somewhat swollen with constricted 

 nodes; terminal cell obtuse. In matted tufts in tide pools near 

 Frascati Hotel, Jan. 11, 1914, A. B. Hervey. Type in Collins herb. 



Growing in similar places to C. repens, and forming similar matted 

 tufts, but distinct by the smaller dimensions and the lateral, secund, 

 submoniliform ramuli. 



*19. C. FRACTA (Fl. Dan.) Kiitzing, 1843, p. 263; 1854, p. 10, 

 PI. L; Collins, 1909, p. 353; P. B.-A., No. 2013. Conferva fracta 

 Flora Danica, Vol. V., PI. DCCCCXLVI,1782. Artificial Reservoir 

 of fresh water near Spanish Rock, Dec, Hervey. Some of the 

 material is in a vigorously growing state; some in a hibernating state, 

 cells with thick walls, dense contents, few branches. 



Cladophoropsis Borgesen. 



C. meaibraxacea (Ag.) Borgesen, 1905, p. 288, figs. 8-13; 1913, 

 p. 47, fig. 33; Collins, 1909, p. 362; P. B.-A., No. 1866; Conferva 

 memhrayiacea Agardh, 1824, p. 120. North Shore, Jan., Tucker's 

 Town, March, Harris Bay, Shelly Bay, April, Hervey; Inlet, May, 

 Hungry Bay, July, Collins. A very common species, forming cushions 

 on rocks, and on and under mangroves; in still pools it is sometimes 

 also in floating masses. 



PiTHOPHORA Wittrock. 



*P. kewensis Wittrock, 1877, p. 52, PI. I, fig. 8; PI. II, figs. 1-12; 

 PI. Ill, figs. 1-9; PI. IV, figs. 2-11; PI. V, figs. 9-10; Collins, 1912, 

 p. 98; P. B.-A., No. 2072. "With Rhizodonium etc. in reservoir of 

 fresh water near Spanish Rock, Dec, Hervey. 



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