1782 Eu-FIoridese, Corallinacese, Litliophyllum. 



simile, ramis crassioribus, partim teretibus, partim superne com- 

 pressis et anastomosantibus, nunc fere palmatis et plicatis aut 

 tortis; conceptaculis sporangiferis minutis. 



Hah. ad «Cape Vert» Africse occidentalis (Henriques, Bouvier). 



— Frons usque 20 cm. diam. aequans. Rami ad 5 mm. crassi. Con- 

 ceptacula sporangifera (sec. Foslie 200 === 100) sec. Heydrich asgre 

 a superficie visibilia, cavitates 160 [i. latas, 90 [j.. altas, poro 30 [i. 

 lato instructas sistentia. Tetrasporangia 80 ^ 40 \x. 



13. Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Fosl. List of Lith. p. 30, New '^^"'^ 

 or crit. calc. Algee (1899) p. 30, Revis Syst. Surv. of Melob. (1900) 



p. 18 (plur. formae), Lithothamnion fasciculatum Aresch. in J. 

 Ag. Sp. II, p. 522, FosL On Some Lithoth. (1897) p. 8, Millepora 

 (Nullipora) fasciculata Lamarclv. Hist. d. anim. s. vert. 2, p. 203, 

 Nullipora fastigiata Blainv. Johnston British Spong. and Lithoph. 

 pag. 240, tab. 24, fig. 6, Melohesia fasciculata Harv. Phyc. Brit. 

 t. LXXIV. — Fronde denique soluta, rotundata, purpnrea ramoso- 

 fasciculata, ramis undique egredientibus brevibus subfastigiatis, 

 subcylindricis, subdichotomis, apice truncatis centroque depressis. 

 Hab. m fundo arenoso cochleisque adsperso, ab oris Scandi- 

 navia^ atque Britannire usque ad mare Mediterraneum. — Frons 

 2-5 cm. diam. purpurea, circa lapillum plerumque undique effusa, 

 denique forma plus minus sphserica, ovata vel oblonga, undique 

 ramis fastigiatis plus minus densis ornata. Rami nunc simplices 

 (in formis scilicet minus explicatis), apice incrassati nunc dichotome 

 multifidi, apicibus plus minus truncatis. Teste Areschoug, a L. 

 hyssoide cum qua identicam habere facile vellet Harvey, ditfert 

 ramis magis elongatis et inter se distinctis, nec nodoso-conglome- 

 ratis. Sec. Foslie sat distincta hfec species videtur, cujus plures 

 formas loc. cit. proposuit. An huc Lithophyllum calcareum (Pall.) 

 Fosl. f. eunana Fosl. Some new or crit. Lith. (1898) 69, p. 15? 



14. Lithophyllum? procaenum (Gueml).) Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. -^'^ 

 (1900) p. 18, Lithothamnion proca^nuni Guemb. NuUip. I (1871) 



p. 33, t. 11, f. 10 a-h, Ceriopora dichotoma Goldf. partim. 

 Hah. fossile in tuplio cretaceo pr. «Mastricht» (Guembel). 



15. Lithophyllum subreduncum Fosl. New Melobesieie (1901) p. 10. 2880 



— Csespites globosos irregularesque liberos, irregulariter ramosos 

 efficiens, ramis brevibus, teretibus aut subcompressis, verrucosis, 

 subanastomosantibus, superne ssepe hamatis, apice rotundatis aut 

 nonnunquain truncatis centroque depressis; conceptaculis sporangi- 

 feris minutissimis convexis aut punctiformi-depressis. 



