1582 Eu-Floridege, Grateloupiacese, Cyrtymenia. 



oiiinino exstipitata, primum rotundata et basi late reniformi vel 

 cordata, integra aut sinuosa, demum transverse ovalis oblongave 

 aut subinde irregulariter lobata, margine ina?quali hinc inde cre- 

 nato-denticulato. Sporangia et cystocarpia ut in JEode nitklissima 

 J. Ag. Color purpureo- violaceus. Specimina exsiccatione chartne 

 arcte adhterent. 



CYRTYMENIA Schmitz [1896] Klein. Beitr. Florid. VI, p. 16 (Etym. 

 ci/rtos tortus, curvus et hymen membraiia), Engl. & Prantl Na- 

 tiirl. Pflanzenfam. (1897) p. 511, Iridcece, Grateloupice, PJiytty- 

 menicB et Pachymenice sp. auct. — Frons foliaceo-plana, coria- 

 ceo-cornea, irregulariter oblonga, sa^pe pertusa, sinuosa, margine 

 et sinubus dentibus brevibus subdivaricatis, crassiusculis, s;epe 

 repetito furcatis instructa, structuram manifesto filamentosam pr;e- 

 bens. Stratus internus (medullaris) hitiusculus, subtiliter filamen- 

 tosum, rhizoidibus percursus, stratus intermedius (cortex interior) 

 laxiusculus at rhizoidibus percursus, stratus periphericus (cortex 

 exterior) tenuis. Cystocarpia in limite inter stratum corticale exte- 

 rius et contextus interiores sita, ut in JEode conformata. Tetra- 

 sporangia in segmentis superioribus superficie plano-rugulosa in- 

 signibus sita, hic in cortice exteriori rugularum deplanatarum ni- 

 dulantia. 



01)s. Frondes subnitentes, purpureo-virescentes, crassiuscul;e 

 et consistentia coriaceo-membranacea donatae. Species hucusque 

 cognita3 in mari Africam australem ;ilhiente vegetant. 



1. Cyrtymenia hieroglyphica (J. Ag) Schmitz in Engl. & Prantl Na- ois.t 

 tiirl. Pflanzenfam. (1897) p. Bll, Phyllymenia hieroglypliica J. 

 Ag. x\ct. Holm. 1847, p. 86, tab. 11, Iridwa lahyrinthifotia Kuetz. 

 Sp. p. 729 (partim?), Tab. Phyc. XVII, t. 18, Gratetoupia hie- 

 rogtyphica J. Ag. Sp. II, p. 183, Epicr. pag. 155. — Frondibus 

 carnoso-planis, lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, margine subundulato 

 integerrimis, simplicibus vel ex margine frondis senilis provenien- 

 tibus; cystocarpiis in soros raacukeformes, lineis flexuosis angustis 

 sejunctos, collectis. 



Hal). in sinu tabulari ad Caput Bon;e Spei (Pappe). — Fron- 

 des inferne in stipitem attenuat^e, inde cuneatim expansse, nunc 

 simplices elongatae, nunc a fronde primaria minori 2-5 cm. longa 

 prolifer;e, prolificationibus usque sesquipedalibus. Prolificationes 

 omnes marginales et pinnas mentientes, a basi eximie attenuata 



