tG3 Eu-Floridese, Gelidieae, Acanthopeltis. 



Species a genere exclnsa. 



2. Acropeltis phyllophora Hook. et Harv. Alg. Tasman. n. 72 est 

 Carpopeltis phyllophora (H. et H.) Schmitz. 



ACANTHOPELTIS Okam. [1802] in Yatabe Icon. fl. japon. Vol. I, 

 part H, pag. 157 (litym. acantha spina et pelte scutum), De 

 Toni Phycese japonicfe nova3 (1895), p. 22, Schmitz et Hauptfl. in 

 Engl. & Prantl Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. 142, p. 349, Schottmuellera 

 Grun. [1889] in F. Schmitz Syst. Uebers. Florid. p. 6 (nomen 

 nudum), Castraltkv sp. Mart. — Frons inferne teres, levis, superne 

 dense annuhita limbis foliorum disciformibus unilateraliter validius 

 exsur^entibus, lateraliter aut quasi furcato ramosa; disci foliorum 

 pelt;eformes, imbricatim quasi conferti, petiolis brevibus teretiu- 

 sculis subexcentrice insertis conjuncti; disci singuli subhorizontales, 

 crassiusculi, margine irregulariter dentati, in utraque pagina nu- 

 merose papillati et pilis aculeiformibus rigidis brevibus crebris 

 instructi. Foliola fructifera minutissima, e pinnulis planis pedicel- 

 latis e margine discorum egredientibus etformata. Sfcructura frondis 

 ut in genere Gelidio. Cystocarpia ovato-plana, breve stipitata, bi- 

 loculaila, more Gelidii. Tetrasporangia (teste Okamura) in utraque 

 pagina foliolorum fertilium numerosa, in cortice nematheciiformi 

 incrassato sparsa, cruciatim divisa, 



1. Acanthopeltis japonica Okam. in Yatabe Icon. fl. Japon. vol. I, 323 

 part. II (1892), p. 157, t. XXXIX, F. Schmitz Klein. Beitr. Florid. III 

 (1893), p. 244, De Toni Phycea3 japon. novai ^1895), p. 23, n. 22, 

 Schmitz et Hauptfl. in EngL et Prantl Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. 142, 

 p. 349, flg. 213, Schottmueltera paradoxa Grun. in F. Schmitz 

 Syst. Uebers. Florid, ^1889), p. 6 (nomen nuduml), Castraltia 

 salicornoides Martens Tange v. Ost-Asien p. 117, non A. Rich. 

 — Characteres generis. 



Hab. in mari japonico passim, e. gr. ad. « Yokohama» (Schottu- 

 MELLEu, Martens) « Sugashima, Toba, Susaki, Enoshima, Misaki, 

 Nei.rito» (K. Okamura). — Radix fibrosa, ramosa, ramis non- 

 nullis apice in discum parvum expansis. Frons teres, 5-12 cm. alta, 

 1,5-2,5 millim. diam. Foliohi fructifera 3-7 millim. longa, 2-4 

 millim. lata. Genesis foliolorum fit more Delessericv revolutw Harv. 

 aut Ncurocaulonis reni/brmis (P. et R.) Zanard. 



