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iranslucens constat fascieulo filorum, medium cystocarpii vix attin- 
gente, a parte strumosa proveniente, filis dichotomo-fastigiatis, in 
articulis terminalibus carposporas piriformes foventibus. 
. Sarcomenia Victorie (Harv.) J. Ag. Sp. III, p. 1962, Anal. algol. 
II, p. 135, Polysiphonia Victori Harv. Alg. Austral. exsicc. 
n. 100, — Elata, pinnatim decomposito-ramosa, sursum longe cor- 
ticata, ramis teretiusculis, basi firmioribus, superne in penicillos 
tenuissimos solutis, ramulis compressis, pinnatim a latere planiu- 
seculo intra marginem egredientibus, linearibus utrinque attenuatis, 
articulis inferioribus superficie reticulatis, superioribus nudis he- 
terosiphoniis diametro duplo-sesqui-longioribus; stichidiis intra 
marginem ad genicula subsingulis, elliptico-ovatis; cystocarpiis pe- 
ricarpio eximie strato corticali tecto donatis, globosis. 
Hab. in oceano Pacifico australi ad «Port Phillip» Nove 
Hollandiz: (HaAnvEv). — Froos est longitud. pedalis et ultra, ex- 
siccata lateritio-miniata, gelatinosa, inferne subeartilaginea, cau- 
lescens, caule basi nudiusculo, crassitie pennam columbinam at- 
tingente, mox ramis alternis consimilibus at brevioribus pinna- 
tim obsita, superne in penicillos tenuissimos ramorum ramulo- 
rumque soluta. Rami eodem modo a basi firmiore attenuati, mox 
in comam tenuissimam abeuntes. hRamuli fere alterni et, ut pri- 
mo intuitu adpareat, a rachide teretiuscula pinnatim egredientes, 
at revera a rachide compressa et ejusdem latere plano pro- 
xime intra marginem orti, quasi marginales, elongati et fere li- 
neares at apice longius, basi parum attenuati, complanati. Articuli 
in caule ramisque fere omnibus, ultimis psnultimisque exceptis, 
corticati, superficie reticulatim venosà vix discernendi, in ramulis 
et rachide eosdem sustinente nudi, diametro sesquilongiores aut 
parum longiores, nunc fere duplo longiores, in medio siphones ple- 
rumque 3 et 29 marginales, quorum uterque in cellulas 2 super- 
positas duplo breviores subdivisus, ita ut utrinque cellule 2 mar- 
ginales superposite singulis articulis respondeant. Sectione trans- 
versali rami hic ob corticis stratum densius fere teres conspiciatur, 
revera autem compressus, structuram ceterum fere Pol. Brodiei 
offerens; cirea siphonem centralem nempe stratum adest tuborum 
tenuissimorum, inter siphones pericentrales proprios ad corticem 
excurrentium; tubi pericentrales revera 4, cum quibus alternant 
cellulae exteriores fere sque magnsz, ita ut facilius siphones 6-7-8 
putes, omnes extus corticis proprio strato tectos. Stichidia in ra- 
mulis articulatis intra marginem a facie plana provenientia, ad ge- 
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