472 Eu-Floridez;, Hyprneez, Hypnea. 
longi, elongato-lancoidei, utrinque longe attenuati, acuminati, basi 
apiceque steriles. Cellula centralis evidenter adest, majoribus cel- 
lulis hyalinis cincta. Color coccineus. 
9. Hypnea musciformis (Wulf.) Lamour. Essai p. 43, Kuetz. Sp. p. 758, 865 
Tab. Phyc. XVIII, t. 19, f. a-e, J. Ag. Sp. II, p. 442, Epier. p. 561, | 
Ardiss. Phyc. Medit. I, p. 281, Hauck Meeresalgen p. 188, f. 81, : 
Fucus musciformis Wulf. in Jacq. Collect. III, p. 154, t. 14, f. 3, 
Crypt. aquat. n. 29, Esper Icon. Fuc. t. 93, Turn. Hist. t. 197. 
Hypnophyews musciformis Kuetz. Phye. gener. t. 60, f. IV, SpAc- 
rococcus musciformis Ag. Sp. Alg. p. 926, Delle Chiaje Hydrophyt. 
Neap. t. XXI, Fucus spinulosus Esp. Fuc. t. 31, Delile Egypt. 
p. 181, t. 57, Fucus setaceus Esp. Icon. t. OLXIII A, Hypnea 
spinulosa Duby Botan. Gall. p. 952, Hypnea Rissoana J. Ag. Alg. 
Medit. p. 150, Sp. II, p. 448, Epicr. p. 569, Kuetz. Sp. p. 758, 
Tab. Phyc. XVIII, t. 19, fig. /-Z, Spherococcus divaricatus Ag. 
Aufzühl. (1827), n. 75, Hypnea wncinata Sandri in Frauenfeld 
Alg. dalmat. pag. 59 cum icone, AHypnea denudata Kuetz. Tab. 
Phyc. XVIII, p. 9, t. 21, f. II. — Csespitosa, virgatim ramosa, ra- 
mis filiformibus infra apicem incrassatis szeplus cireinato-incurvis, 
nudis aut extrorsum ramulosis, ramulis inferne quoquoversum egre- : 
dientibus patentibus demum utrinque attenuatis, tetrasporiferis si- 
liquzeformibus lanceolato-rostratis, basi attenuata sterili pedicella- 
tis, cystocarpiferis spinescentibus divaricato-raimosis. 
Hab. in mari Mediterraneo et Adriatico; in oceano Atlantico 
calidiore ad Hispaniam, Canarias, insulas Indis occidentalis et 
Brasiliam; in oceano Pacifico, australi et indico (sec. auctores). 
— Cgspites a fulcro radicali diffusi, frondibus plurimis compositi, 
10-15 em. et ultra longi. Frondes virgato-ramosissim:, ramis in- 
ferioribus longioribus, superioribus sensim brevioribus, omnibus 
inferne ramulosis, apice nudiusculis incurvis et in planta vegetiore 
incrassatis atque extrorsum parce ramulosis. hamuli inferiores 
quoquoversum egredientes, angulo circiter 45" patentes, subsim- 
plices utrinque parum attenuati. In planta tetrasporangifera ramuli 
densiores, basi sterili attenuati, mox supra basin incrassati fertiles, 
apice sterili terminati. Planta cystocarpifera habitu valde dissimi- 
lis, ramulis divaricato-cervicornibus ubique obsita et in ramos 
consimiles apice soluta, ramellis a basi latiore acuminatis. In for- 
ma typica color est atro-virescens et substantia mavgis membrana- 
cea; in var. Asper? color corallino-purpureus et substantia magis 
cartilaginea. — Var. Esperi (Bory), Hypnea Esperi Bory Voy. Coqu. 
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