Eu-Floridese, Cofallinaceao, Litbopliyllum. 17U3 



p. 113, Lithophylluin cristatmn Menegh. Lett. al Corinaldi (1840) 

 n. 9, Hauck Meeresalgen p. 270, t. H, f. 5-6, t. III, f. 8-9, Rosan. 

 Melob. p. 95, t. 7, f. 6, Heydr. Litli. Mus. i>:iris (1901) p. 537, 

 Spongites cristata Kuetz. Sp. (1849) p. G98, Areseh. in J. Ag. 

 Sp. H, p. 519, Lith. hieroglijpJiicum Zanard. Saggio (1843) p. 44 

 (nonien)?, Melobesia crassa Lloyd Alg. de I' Ouest n. 318 (nomen), 

 Lithophyllum crassum Rosan. Molob. p. 93, t. 7, f. 5, 7, Melobesia 

 cristata Ardiss. Phyc. Medit I, p. 447. — Fronde inferne tota 

 adfixa, crustas crassas dilute violaceo-griseas sistente, lamellas e 

 superficie verticaliter proferente, lamellis dense confertis, sequi- 

 altis, varie contortis ma3andriformibus, marginem versus nonnun- 

 quam gradatim horizontaliter dispositis, laxe squamuloso-superpo- 

 sitis; conceptaculis verruciformibus parum convexis ("margine ex- 

 cepto) amphigenis. 



Hab. in mari Mediterraneo ad oras Italias, Gallioi, Grrecicb et 

 AIgeria3 (Meneghini, Foslie, Heydrich, Bory) et in mari Adriatico, 

 passim (Hauck, Zanardini); eadem in oceano Atlantico ad oras 

 Galliie (Lloyd, Thuret, Rosanoff). — Crustce quoad magnitudinem 

 admodum variabiles, fractie poroso-spongiosfe, superficie rugosie. 

 Conceptacula circ. 150 \u diam metientia. Conferenda^ snnt formoe 

 nonnulhe (f. decumbens etc), quas clarus Foslie loc. cit. distin- 

 guendas censuit. Lithophyllum lithophylloides Heydr. Lith. Mus. 

 Paris (1901) p. 531 (for. brachiata et phylloides) ex littore Cali- 

 forni» reportatum et nomen ineptum repriesentans, partim L. de- 

 cussatum, partim L. tortuosum in mentem revocat. 



44. Lithophyllum claudescens Heydr. Entwick. Corall. Gen. Perisper- 2909 

 mum (1901) p. 420, Lithophyllum Farlowii Heydr. Lith. Mus. Paris 

 (1901) p. 532, t. I, f. 6 (non Foslie). — Fronde adfixa, discoideo-plana, 

 prolificationes laminteformes tortas irregulariter dispositas profe- 

 rente; conceptcaculis tetrasporangiferis poro punctiformi pertusis. 



Hab. ad ins « Charles Isl., Galapagos » (Exped. Hassler, Farlow). 

 — Prolificationes laminaeformes, quasi cristas magnas sistentes, 

 1,2-2.5 cm. lataj, 3-4 cm. altre, 1,5 mm. crass*. Conceptacula 330 [x. 

 longH, 60 [1, alta. Tetrasporangia zonatim divisa, 40 « 12 fj.. 



45. Lithophyllum Carpophylll Heydr. Corall. insbes. Melob. (1897) '^'^10 

 p. 52, t. III, f. 5, Melobesia Carpophylli Heydr. Vier neue Florid. 

 von Neu- Seeland (1893) p. 78. — Fronde crustcieformi, involvente, 

 prolificationibus verticaliter exeuntibus instructa; conceptaculis te- 

 trasporangiferis in prolificationum utraque pagina dispositis, plano- 

 verrucaeformibus, poro singulo pertusis. 



