Eii-Florideao, Wr;ingelic-,'e, Wr.ingelia. 127 



constantes, carposporis pirironnihus radiatim dispositis, sin^uiis 

 sacciilo liyalino confornii pcdiccllato inclusis, constantia; paraphy- 

 ses sa'pius nunieroscc, rarius paucioros aut nulla'. Antheridia, <^\o- 

 nierulos niinutos densos globulosos in raniellis suhterniinales aili- 

 ciontia, pinnis geininis oppositis involucrata (in individuo cystocarpi- 

 fero obvenientia). Tetrasporangia niinc ad ramulos vix transmutatos 

 interiore latere provenientia, nunc ad ramulos proprios involucra 

 peculiaria ramellis tenuioribus eximie incurvatis constituta fornian- 

 tes cvoluta, giobosa, magna, sessilia, triangule divisa. 



1. Armat/E J. Ag. E[ticr. p. GIG. Vorticilloriun ramulis rigi^liusculis [)lus minus 



divergentibus, articuio terminali acutissimo mucronatis. 



A. Frondil)Us a basi articulaMS ecorticatis. 



1. Wrangelia Nitella Harv. Trans. Irish Ac. Vol. 22, p. 54(5, Phyc. 239 

 austral. tab. 105, J. Ag. Epicr. p. (316 — Frondil)US a basi arti- 

 culatis oninino ecorticatis opposite ramosis et ad genicula verti- 

 cillatim ramellosis, verticillis inferioribus invicem longius distan- 

 tibus, verticillorum ramulis primariis incurvis introrsum luuUu- 

 sculis, lateraliter et extrorsum di-trichotomis, ramellis divergenti- 

 bus a basi crassiore in mucronem terminalem conspicue attenuatis, 

 articulis ramellorum 2-3-plo diametro longioribus. 



Hab. ad oras occidentales Nova; HoIIandite. — Radix fibrosa, 

 repens. Frondes 5-9 cm. longag, capillares aut subsetacea^, opposito 

 pinnatae, quoque articulo verticillum rannuellorum tenuium brevium 

 gerentes. Rami sa^pe superne attenuato-prolongati, fere cirrliosi. 

 Tetrasporangia saspius in ramellis opposita, sphasroidea, sessilia. 

 Color amoene roseus, siccitate vix mutatus. Substantia frondis mem- 

 branacea. 



2. Wrangelia mucronata Harv. Fl. Tasm. 11, p. 309, tab. 181 B, J. Ag. 240 

 Epicr. p. (ilU. — Frondibus a basi articulatis omnino ecorticatis 

 dichotonic ramosis ct ad genicula verticillatim ramcllosis, vorticillis 

 longius distantibus, verticillorum ramulis ternis semel trichotomis, 

 ramellis caule parum tenuioribus patentibus infra mucronem ter- 

 minalcm unico articulo constantibus, articulis ramellorum diamotro 

 nuiltiplo longioribus. 



Hab. pr. «Warnamboul» (Watts), ad littus Tasniania^ (Gunn) 

 et oras australes Novaj HoIIandia\ 



