2Ô2 VOYAGE AU POLE SUD-. 



Madotheca elegantula Montag. 



Botanique, Cryptogamie, Tl. 18, fig. 3. 



^f. caule procumhente inordinalè subpinnatïm ramoso, ramis 

 patenti-erectis , foliis semiverticalibus orbiculatis concavis dense 

 imbricatis margine inferiori undidato cum lobvlo ovato deflexis, 

 in sicco circa caidem convolutis integerrimisque , amphigastnis 

 lingulatis basi convexcî amplexicaidi utrinquè decurrentibus cauli 

 appressis sibi contiguis aut imbricatis, apice non autem margine 

 subreflexis ; fructu 



Madotheca elegantula Montag. 4* Centiir. n° 35, in Ann. .SV;. 

 Bot. 2" sér. lom. XIX , p. 255. 



Hab. in insulis Auckland in Stictà Ricliardi parasitantem ncc 

 non in ipsâ tenâ invenit cl. Hombron. 



Desc. Caespites maximos et intricatissimos efFormat. Coulis vi- 

 gidus, firmvis, irregulariter vagèque pinnatus, flexuosus, 4-6-uri- 

 cialiSjSemiteres, dorso lucidus, siccus lutescens, madidusviiens. 

 /?«//?/ quoad silum longiludinerave valdè irregulares, alterni aut 

 secundi, pateiiti-erecti, apicem versus caulisdecrescentes, alii sat 

 longi, iterùm ramosiusculi, alii brevissimi turioniformes, illis 

 varietatis vel potiùs formœ 31. lœvigatœ in Canariis à Despréaux 

 collectae et à me sub nomine ^/•«cAjc/û'f/fpdescriptsehaud absimi- 

 les, et primo obtuitu pro spicis masculis habendi, qui verô nec 

 vesligium anlhcridiorum includunl . FoUa subverticalia j amplexi- 

 caulia, orbicularia , valdè concava, dense imbricata , margine in- 

 feriori undulata , cum lobulo ovato sicca madidave deflexa y iraô 

 involuta , cœterùm integerrima. Zo^m/u.? margine inflexo conca- 

 vus, quartam folii parlem vix œquans, ovatus, obtusus ita obver- 

 lilur, ut pars ejus inferior exlùs, superior verô intùs seu caulem 

 speclct. Anipliigastria lobulis parùm majora, imbricata, foré mil- 

 limctrum longa, semimillimetrum lala, linguiformia, i)asi gib- 



