500 Siphorieae, Udoteace;i". Penicilln,-;. 



nuda, tubo continuo diaphragniatibus aniiularibus interrupto con- 

 stituta. Apices filamentoruni subindo (sec J. Agardh) endochromate 

 atro-virente farcti, verisimiliter fructiferi ; organa propagationis 

 e contra (sec. Woronin) e corpusculis exlernis, ex sphscrico ova- 

 libus efformata. 



1. Espera mediterranea Decaisne Corall. p. DO, Woronin 1. c, p. 208, ^-^^ 

 t. 10, f. 1, 5, 6 et t. 11, f. 1-7, J. Ag. Till Algernes Systematik 

 VIII, p. 57, Ardiss. Phyc Medit. II, p. 176, Bryopsis suburra- 

 lis De-Not. Prosp. Fl. lig. p. 73, Porop^is subunaiis Kuetz. Tab. 

 Phyc VI, p. 29, t. 85, f. 1, Bryopsis constricta Zanard. lcon. 

 phyc adriat. t. 72, f . A ? — Chai'acteres generis ; ca^spitibus pauca 

 cm. altis, densis, in parte incrustata fragilibus. ceterum consisten- 

 tia membranacea donatis, pallidissiine viridibus, inferne subalbidis. 

 Hab. in mari mediterraneo ad littora Galloprovincice ad « Can- 

 nes » (KuETZiNG, Lenormand, Giraudy), ad Nica^ain (Risso, De-No- 

 TARis), ad Antipolin (Woronin), ad Portum Mauritium (Straf- 

 FORELLo) et Januam (De-Notaris), ad « Frejus )) (Perreymond) 

 et in sinu liburnico. 



PENICILLUS Lamarck [1813] in Ann. Mus. XX, p. 297 (Etym. pe- 

 niciiius) J. Ag. Till .\lgernes Systematik Vlll, p. 58, Coraiioce- 

 phaius Kuetz. [1843] in Linnasa XVII [). 95, Piiyc gener. p. 310, 

 tab. 43, Species p. 505, Coralliodendron Kuetz. [1811] Polyp. 

 calcif. p. 11, Haiigrapfiium Endl. [1843] Gen. Suppl. III, p. 18, 

 Nesea [1812] Lamour. Exp. p. 22 et [1810] Polyp. Hex. p. 259, 

 Corallince sp. L. — Thallus crusta calcarea obductus, stipitatus, 

 dendroides; stipes simplex, rigidulus, crassus, ex numerosis filaraen- 

 tis iiitus laxe implicatis, longitudinalibus, ramosis formato, ramis 

 (ramentis) divaricatis, dichotomis exacte fastigiatis stratum peri- 

 phericum formantibus, apicibus (ut in Haiimeda) in corticem spu- 

 rium concretis. Capitulum arbuscula:! (coma) ex numerosis filamen- 

 tis tubulosis, liberis, filiformibus, articulato-dichotomis, incrustatis 

 constitutum. 



Obs. Teste J. Agardh 1. c frons est tubulosa, tubo interiore 

 nullis diaphragmatibus propriis interrupto; inenibrana autem exte- 

 rior sensira fit quasi certis locis annulatim constricta et iiis locis 

 coustrictis saepe coagulari videtur substantia3 cujusdam intercellu- 

 laris copia, qua pervius ille usus obcluditur; demuin membrana 

 exterior ad stricturas quoque extus conspicue strangulata adparet. 



