Eu-Floridece, Corallinaoeie, Lithopliylluin. 1779 



calcif. p. 32, Phyc. ^^ener. p. 380, t. 78, f. III, Sp. p. 898, Spon- 

 gites crassa Kuetz. Tab. Phyc. XIX, t. 99, f. I, Spongites nodosa 

 Kiietz. Polyp. calc. p. 32, Sp. p. 699, Aresch. in J. k<^. Sp. II, 

 p. 525, Spongites stalactitica Kuetz. Polyp. calc. p. 32, Sp. p. 699, 

 Are.sch. in J. Ag. Sp. II, p. 525, Lithoth. rhoclica Unger? (sec. 

 Foslie). — Fronde denique soluta, rotundata, tuberculoso-racemosa, 

 ramis brevissimis, crassis, congestis, apice rotundatis subgloboso- 

 nodiformibus; conceptaculis paulhim'elevatis, verruciformi-depressis, 

 ad apices ramorum aggregatis. 



Hab. in mari Mediterraueo ad oras Sicilia3 (PiiiLirpi) et iii sinu 

 Neapolitano (Falkenberg, Solms); in mari Adriatico (Hauck, Kue- 

 tzing). — Fasciculus albidus vel roseo-violaceus hemisphaericus v. 

 subspluericus, in formam ovatam plus minus tendens, nodoso-ra- 

 cemosus sive tuberculosus, ramis scilicet brevissimis crassis obesis 

 apiceque nodiformibus compositus. Quoad frondem, transitum ad 

 Lithothamnia hoec species efficere videtur. — forma Kaiserii ( Heydr.) 

 Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. (1900) pag. 17, Lithothamnion 

 Kaiserii Heydr. Corall. insbes. Melob. (1897) p. 61, t. III, f. 8, 

 12-13: fronde plerumque adnata, rarius soluta, albido-virente, 

 ramis irregularibus 1-1,5 cm. longis subteretibus dein paullum 

 compressis, ramulos 1-2 mm. longos gerentibus instructa; conce- 

 ptaculis 400-500 [j.. diam. In Coralliis pr. «El Tor» in mari 

 Rubro ('Kaiser). 



Lithophyllum pliocaenum fGuemb.) Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. 2867 

 (1900) p. 17, Lithothamnion plioccenimi Guemb. Nullip. I fl87I) 

 pag. 29. 



Hab. fossile in stratis epochre tertiariae ad « Monte Mario » 

 Italiae (Zittel). — An Lithophylli Racemi (Lamour.) Fosl. mera 

 forma? 



Lithophyllum Trabuccoi Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. (1900) 2868 

 p. 17, Litltothamnion toridosum Trab. in Atti Mem. Soc. Tosc. 

 Sc. Nat. XIII, p. 201 t. IX, f. 3 (non Guembel). 



Hab. fossile in calcaria « C. Cavigione » Italite (Trabucco). 

 Lithophyllum affine Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. (1900) p. 17, 2869 

 Lithothamnion afflne Fosl. On sbme Lithoth, (1897) p. 13 (f. ta- 

 berosa et f. complanata). — Fronde globosa sublobata, saxicola 

 aut corallicola, ramis nunc radiantibus fastigiatis, nunc irregula- 

 ribus, subcylindricis compressisve, apice rotundatis aut truncatis, 

 ssepe processibus verruciformibus praeditis; conceptaculis sporan- 

 giferis ut in L. Racemo, at minoribus minusque depressis. 



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