134 Eu-Floridefe, Wi'anf>eliefe, Wraiiiielia. 



l)us rigidis setiformibus, articulis ramellorum fere B-plo diametro 

 longioribus. 



Hal). ad oras Tasmanife et Nova? Hollandiffi australis. — Ha- 

 bitus SpyridicE fllamevitosce at setse sunt eximie verticillatae. 



IV. Penicillat.e .1. Ag. Epicr. p. 923. Verticillornm ramellis elongatis {licho- 

 tomis mollissimisetcollabentibiis, apice ramulorum in penicillnm conjunctis, 

 inferiore parte sensim nudiuscula. 

 * Frondibus subecorticatis at inferne filis subarcuatim a verticillo ad verti- 

 cillura secus frondem excurrentibus strato subspougioso cinctis. 



19. Wrangelia? purpurifera (Harv.) ,T. Ag.Sp. IH, p. 707, Epicr. p. 628, 257 

 Callithamnion purpuriferum Harv. Gen. South Afric. Pl., non 

 Kuetzing. — Frondibus a basi ecorticatis at inferne spongioso 

 strato filorum verticillos conjungentium ciuctis, subpinnatim ra- 

 mosis et ad genicula verticillatim ramellosis, ranmlis brevibus 

 apice plumosis penicillos minutos referentibus, ■^ erticillorum ra- 

 niellis basi dichotomis superne simplicibus subulatis acutis, articulis 

 ramellorum ad genicula contractis o-4-plo diametro longioribus. 



Hab. ail Caput Bonse Spei (Harvey). — Frondes CiEspitoScne, 5- 

 8 cm. longae, simpliciusculse, admodum crassae, setam crassitie supe- 

 rantes, ramis simpliciusculis, 2-3 cm. longis aut superioribus brevio- 

 ribus, quoquoversum egredientibus obsitse. Rami ramellis verticil- 

 latis ad geniculuin quodque egredientibus ornati radiculisque in- 

 choantibus, corticalem stratum in inferiore parte formantibus, 

 iusuper inferne vestiti, superne nudi articulati. Ramelli verticillati 

 4 pluresve duplicis generis: alii breviores obtusi, alii longiores, 

 supra basin semel aut bis furcati, dein simplices elongati, G-8 

 articulis constantes, a medio circiter sensim acuminati, articulo 

 brevi acuto terminati. Ramelli breviores aut simplices obtusi aut 

 }»innis paiicis oppositis pinnati. Antheridia iu his sita, terrainalia 

 et pinir.s brevibus oppositis involucrata, spha^rica, cellulis aut filis 

 hrevissimis clavatis a, puncto centrali radiantibus constituta, valde 

 conspirua. lutcsccntia, densissima. Articuli frondis primariae dia- 

 metro fc^re triplo longiores, ramorum superiores nudi ses(piilongiores, 

 ra,meIlorum 8-pIo vix 4-pIo diametro longiores. Genicula in ramellis 

 evidentcr contracta,. Chiirta^ arcte adhseret. Color obscure purpureus, 

 exsiccatioiie lulescens et chartam coccin(!o tingens. J. Ag. Sp. II, 

 p. 707. 



