— 25C -^ 



acam centralerii, ssepins lageniformpm, circuradanlia, org^a- 

 nis sexualibus (teslicul. et ovariis?) intrrjectis. 



F A M. 5 . V E L E L L I N :E . 



Testa horizontalis oblrque quadrafa, limbo dia^onaliter 

 imposita et in cristam diagonalera cartilagineam elevala; hau- 

 storia exteriora ct interiora copiosa, simplicia. KataricB testa 

 verticah*s compressa, crista verticali contractih musculosa a- 

 micta, haustoria (tentacula?) marginalia pauca (8-18): — Ve- 

 lella^ Rata/ia. 



F A M. 6. P O R P I T I N :F. 



Testa calcarea < orbicularis v. subglobosa, radiato-septata, 



limbo circulnri; tentacula peripherica h copisa, passira 



clavala et glmdulis pedicellatis v. sessilibus obsita: — Rafis, 

 Acies, Porjjita, 



Ordo II I. Cyhopliorae s. Pileiferae nob. 



(Discophorae Eschscholtz, Schirmquallen Brandt). 



Acalephee minimae et maximae (ad 50 libras ponderosae), 

 ssepe agaricos aemulantes, colorib. variis et organorum radi- 

 antiura dispositione regulari excellentes, numero quaternario 

 simpL, duplici, Iriplici v. octies, sedecies et magis multipli- 

 cato, raro impari, 7, 9 aliove; sexu dislinctae. Corpus discoi- 

 deura, subglobosum v. in pileum (discus, omhrelle^ SchirmJ^ 

 more fungorum, convexo-concavum, conicum, subglobosum, 

 elongatum, pyramidalcm_, excipuliformem alinsque formas, 

 passim alterabiles, prae se ferentem, efformatura, cuticula te- 

 nerrima v. crassiori et papillosa, niargine intcgcrrimo v. re- 

 gulariter lobalo, tentacula nulla, pauca v. numerosa, brevis- 



siraa V. longissima, uni-pluriserialia, passim difformia, h 



contractilia, tubulosa, basi v- longitrorsiim glandulosa geren- 

 tc. Pileus, adinstar cordis v. uteri parturientis contractilis, 

 mobilitatera acalephae continuam producit et passim fibris 



muscularibus -\ manifestis ao nodulis marginalib. vagina- 



tis 8 V. 16 provisus est: noduU punclis rubris superis no- 



