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nudatis, superne subarticulatis pcnicillato-villosis, ramulis ccorti- 

 catis, penicillorum filis a basi monosiphoniis tenerrimis simplici- 

 bus, ramorum vcrticillatis a strato corticali ramulornm ad geni- 

 cula exeuntibus singulis alternis ; stichidiis ex apice ramuli ortis, 

 lancoidcis, submoniliformihus, villosis; articulis 5-siphoniis, diametro 

 brevioribus. 



llab. in oceano australi ad littus Tasmani?e (Gunn, Mueller). 

 — Frondes a plcxu radicali elongatse, pedales et ultra, anibitu 

 pyramidatsfi, decomposito-pinnatim ramosre, caule columbinam pen- 

 nam circiter crasso ramisque sensim tenuioribus inferne denudatis 

 continuis, superne dense penicillato-villosis. Rami antepsenultimi 

 articulati, attamen corticati, ultimi pamultimique articulati nudi, 

 articulis omnium diametro breviorihus, sectione transversali sipho- 

 nes pericentrales 5 (fide clari Schmitz) monstrantes. Fila penicil- 

 lorum, quae a ramulis ultimi ordinis exeunt, sunt ad genicula sin- 

 gula quoquoversum alterna erecto-patentia; qune a ramis corticatis 

 proveniunt, ea sunt a strato corticali exeuntia, in eadem linea 

 transversali plura, ideoque verticillata subpatentiora, omnia sim- 

 plicia longe attenuata mollia, articulis diametro 4-fi-plo longiora. 

 In ramulis ecorticatis stichidia evolvuntur et apice simplici aut 

 ramoso transformata ideoque singula terminalia aut in eadem ra- 

 chide plura, ipsa pilosa, pedicello quoque plus minus elongato pi- 

 loso mstructa, lancoidea, ambitu noduloso-prominula (nec levia, ut 

 depinxit Harvey), in singulis articulis tetrasporangia bina foventia. 

 Procarpia versus ramulorum monosiphoniorum basin tunc polysi- 

 phoniam evoluta. Antheridia in ramulis monosiphoniis evoluta, ra- 

 muli sterilis articulis ultimis apice coronata, basi pedicello 2-4-ar- 

 ticulato fulta. Color coccineus. Suhstantia caulis cartilaginea, cete- 

 rum tlaccida. 



Lophothalia hormoclados J. Ag. Till Algern. System. XI, pag. 59, 1682 

 Falkenb. Rhodomelaceen (1901) p. 534, Dasya hormoclados J. Ag. 

 in LitmaBa XV, p. 32, Sp. II, 3, p. 1188, vix Kuetz. Tab. Phyc. 

 XIV, t. 74 (saltem quoad fig. b, quse stichidia tetrasporangiis plu- 

 riseriatis praebentia reprsesentat), Harv. Nereis Austral. (1847; 

 p. 65, t. XXVI (fig. (i-7 inexactse) (nec vero Alg. Austr.), Eupo- 

 gonium hormoclados Kuetz. Sp. p. 730. — Pronde sursum longe 

 corticata, tereti, pinnatim decomposita. pinnis adultioribus elongatis 

 erectiusculis infcrne nudis torulosis, suporne pinnatis ad genicu- 

 lum quodque pinnas secundarias articulatas 5-siphonias aut pin- 

 nulas simplices quoquoversum emittentibus, pinnellis monosipho- 



