17U0 Eu-Floriilese, Coi-allinaceae, Lithophyllnm. 



tome ramosa, ramis rylindricis vel interdum subcompressis, plus 



minusve coalitis, circ. 2 mm. crassis, subfastigiatis, apicibus obtusis; 



conceptaculis carposporiferis convexiusculis, parum prominentibus. 



Hab. ad oras Californiae pr. «Bay de la Paz » (Diguet, Hariot). 



— Thallus usque 0,0 cm. lat. metiens, ambitu subspha^ricus, ut 

 videtur libere crescens, in sicco fiavescenti-brunneus. Cellulas iu- 

 teriores 20 « 10 [i. Conceptacula (carposporifera?) 250-300 {i. diam. 

 metientia. 



o7. Llthophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Fosl. Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. 2902 

 (1900) p. 20, Heydr. Lith. Mus. Paris (1901) p. 537, Goniolithon? 

 byssoides FosL List of Lithoth. p. 8, Spongites byssoides Kuetz. 

 Tab. Phyc. XIX, p. 35, t. 99?, G/e&a corrt/Zm<2, alba, calcaria, ut 

 plurimum irregulariter globosa aut ovata Seba Thesaur. HI, p. 212, 

 t. 116, f. 7, Millepora polymorpha globosa Esp. Millep. t. 13, 

 Millepora (Nullipora) byssoides Lamarck Hist. d. anim. s. vert. 

 2 p. 203 (excL var. B), Lithothamnion byssoides PhiL in Wiegm. 

 Arch. 1837, p. 384, Aresch. in J. Ag. Sp. II, p. 522, Hauck Mee- 

 resalgen p. 275, t. II, f. 1 (non Spongites fruticulosa Kuetz. 

 Polyp. calcif. p. 33, Sp. p. 699). — Fronde adnata, supra rotun- 

 dato-pulvinata ramosissima, ramis erectis pulvinato-fastigiatis dense 

 compactis subcylindricis inferne coadunatis superne multifidis, api- 

 cibus subattenuatis simplicibus vel lobatis ; conceptaculis superne 

 per ramos sparsis, elevatis, verrucffiformibus. 



Hab. in mari Mediterraneo (Seba, Philippi) et Adriatico (Hauck); 

 eadem species (f. major)', in oceano Atlantico ad oras Norvegiaj 

 pr. «Mandal»? (Wille sec. Foslte); in mari Rubro (sec. Heydrich). 



— Frons griseo-calcarea, diametro usque 10-12 cm. gequans, 1-2 mm. 

 crassa, pulvinato-hemisphasrica, subtus in medio cava, tota e ramis 

 fruticulosis plus minus erectis densissime compactis et pulvinato- 

 fastigiatis format^. Rami normaliter cylindracei, inferne inter se 

 anastomosibus coadunati indeque plus minus compressi, multifide 

 ramulosi, apicem versus pleruraque attenuati, saltem nunquam 

 incrassati. Conceptacula elevata dense per ramos sparsa poroque 

 evidenter pertusa, sec. Llauck 250 [x. diam. metientia. 



38. Lithophyllum moluccense Fosl. in litt. (1904), Goniolithon moluc- 2003 

 ce7ise Fosl. List (1898) p. 8, Rev. Syst. Surv. of Melob. (1900) 

 p. 16, Lithothamnion moluccense Fosl. On some Lithoth. (1897) 

 p. 12, Ijithothamnion tamiense Heydr. Neue Kalkalgen von D. 

 Neu-Guinea (1897) p. 1, t. I, f. 4-7?, Lithothamnion pygma^um 

 Heydr. Neue Kalkalgen von D. Neu Guinea (1897) p. 3, t. I, 



