138 



Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 3. Nr. 1. 



has a hypothallus with cells of the same size, whereas No. 1546^-^ 

 seen from below, has a hypothallus with cells of different size 

 constituting a principal axis of larger cells from which spring 

 files of smaller cells, that form together groups, like elongated 

 little fans. 



The frond of No. 1546" is rather thick, it must be an old 

 plant and I think that by succeeding growth, changes in the basal 

 layer of the frond have taken place. Only too often, when stu- 

 dying Peyssonnelia , one sees that the basal layer undergoes 

 changes, and these can ultimately tend to the solution and even 

 disappearance of part of the hypothallus. In P. Boergesenii the 



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Fig. 143. Peyssonnelia Boergesenii nov. spec. View of two hypothalli, loo- 

 sened from the substratum, a. (No. 1442) young hypothallus. principal axis 

 not yet differentiated, b. old hvpothallus with distinct principal axis. (No. 



154611). (210:1). 



hypothallus is not soluted ; the cells of the principal axis increase 

 simply in size. 



The apical cells is long and as high as or less high than the 

 cells of the basal layer (Fig. 144) '^) and in this respect P. Boerge- 

 senii differs from P. Nordstediii that has a high, short apical cell, 

 like Fig. 140. 



The perithallus (Fig. 145) consists of a lower part of almost 

 square cells, high d=40//, on which follows an upper part with 



1) The section after which this figure was made, did not quite satisfy 

 me; I fear that it is a section throug a margin no longer in a grow- 

 ing state, but I could get no better for the margin of the alga was 

 very much broken off. This section shows, however, that the apical 

 cell is not a high, short one. 



