Eu-Florule£e, Grateloupiaceao, Tlalyinenla. 1541 



f. 3-5, Grateloupia gorgonioides Knetz. Tab. Phyc. XVII, t. 30? 

 Chondrus ? adriaticm Zanard. Icon. tab. 38 (ex Dalinatia;??. — 

 Fronde inferne caulcscente, subinttato-tubulosa, membranaceo-car- 

 nosa, dichotomo-decomposita fastigiata, segmentis cylindraceo-com- 

 pressis infra dichotomias subcuncatim dilatatis, apicibus breviter 

 acuminatis, 



Hal). in oceano Atlantico ad Teneriffam (Hb. Agardh); in Me- 

 diterraneo prope Massiliam Galloprovinci;e (J. Agardh) ; in mari 

 Tyrrheno ad Neapolin (Falkenberg); ad « Acirealo ^> Siciliie (A. 

 Mazza); in mari Adriatico (Biasoletto, Titius, Hauck, Zanardinij. 



— Frons circiter 5-lB cm. longa, inferne angiistior caulescens et 

 subsolida, superne inflata tubulosa crassitiem calami scriptorii vix 

 iequans. Ramificatio eximie dichotoma et fastigiata, distantiis 4- 

 12 millim. divisiones proximas separantibus. Segmenta in viva 

 planta fere cylindracea, in exsiccata collabentia, linearia aut infra 

 dichotomias levissime cuneatim dilatata; axilhB rotundataj. Color 

 ex carneo virescens. Substantia gelatinoso-carnosa ita ut speciraina 

 exsiccatione chartae arcte adlia^reant. Membrana exterior pluribus 

 seriebus cellularum constat; cellulae extimge minuUe coloratte, in- 

 teriores hyalinse et inanes adparent. Stratiim medullare filis den- 

 sioribus quam in aliis speciebus, longitudinalibus et anastomosan- 

 tibus contextum videtur. Cystocarpia per frondem sparsa. 



ii. Halymenia fastigiata J. Ag. Act. Holm. 1849, p. 86, Sp. II, p. 199, 2400 

 Epicr. p. 137, Zanard. Icon. phyc. adriat. pag. 437, t. 91, f. 1-2, 

 Ardiss. Phyc. Medit. I, p. 152, Chrysymenia dichotoma Zanard. 

 Icon. phyc. adriat. t. 70, f. 1 (non 2-3), Halymenia cystophora 

 Mont. Fl. d' Alger. p. 114?, Dumontia cystophora Mont. Pl. cell. III 

 (1842!) p. 26?, Halarachnion cystophorum Kuetz. Sp. p. 721?. 



— Fronde subinflato-tubulosa, teretiuscula, gelatinosa, dichotomo- 

 decomposita fastigiata, sursum attenuata, segmentis supra sinus 

 rotundatos patentioribus erectis, terminalibus longe attenuatis acu- 

 minatis. 



Hab. in mari Mediterraneo ad littora Algeriae (Montagne); in 

 mari Ligustico ad «Spezia » (Caldesi); in mari Tyrrheno inferiori pr. 

 « Messina ^> Siciliie (A. Mazza, V. Spinelli); eadem species in mari 

 Mediterraneo inferiori ad « Licata » Sicili^? (Beltrani, x^rdissone). 



— Frons 6-7 cm. longa, inferne calami scriptorii crassitiem a^quans, 

 per dichotoinias (4 aut quinquies) repetitas decomposita, segmentis 

 infra dichotomias paululum dilatatis, ceterum vero sensim angu- 

 stioribus, terminalibus a basi latiore sensini acuminatis. Color et 



