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achromaticis, crystallino-hyalinis, homogeneis, contentu dilute pur- 

 pureo vel carneo. 



Hdb. in rupibus madidis in Sudetis « Kl. Teich » (Kuetzing), in 

 cataractis, socia Leptotriche et Glceocapsa ad « Arromanchcs » 

 Gallitc (Brebisson, Lenorma.nd); in Silesia, (Kirchner), Bohemia 

 (HansctIrg), Bosnia (Protic) et « Riesengebirge » (Schroeder). — 

 forma lilacina Rab. fl. Eur. Alg. II, p. 45, Hansg. Prodr. II, p. 147: 

 contentu pallide ;erugineo-lilacino. Passim cum specie. 

 4. GloBOcapsa Magma (Breb.) Kuetz. Tab. Phyc. I, t. 22, f. 1, Rabenh. 80 

 Alg. exs. n. 84, Correns Dickenwachst. etc. t. I, f. 1-3, Cooke Brit. 

 Freshw. Alg. p. 207-208, t. LXXXIV, f. 4, Wittr. Nordst. Lag. 

 exs. n. 1541! 16121 Coll. Hold. Setch. Phyc. bor. Amer. n. 151! 

 Gl. rubicpnda Kuetz. Phyc. gen. pag. 175, Gl. opaca Cramer in 

 Rabenh. Alg. n. 544! Hilse ibid. n. 1169, Wartm. Kr. n. 235, Pleu- 

 rococcus Magma Menegh. Nostoch. p. 43, Trev. Alg. Coccot. p. 32, 

 Protococcus Magma Breb. Alg. Falaise p. 40, t. 4, Desmaz. Cr. 

 de Fr. ed. I, n. 213, Sorospora montana Hassall Freshw. Alg. 

 p. 309, t. 79, f. 1, Palmella montana Ag. Syst. p. 15, P. alpicola 

 Lyngb. Hydroph. tab. 69, B, fig. 1 (fide Rabenhorstii) — Strato 

 grumoso crustaceo cupreo-purpureo, sicco nigrescente; cellulis 

 sphajricis, 4,5-7 |j.. crassis, diametro tegumentorum externorum 

 6-12 [1., familiis 30-70 [i. raro usque ad 300 [i. latis, tegumentis 

 lamellosis intense purpureis vel cupreo-brunneis, plerumque non 

 pellucidis, extremo amplissimo globoso pallidiore vel achromatico 

 plerumque mox diffluente [Gl. Magma Auctor.), cytioplasmate 

 aeruginoso granulato, s?epe fuscescente. 



Hab. in rupibus udis et montuosis totius Europ*, e. gr. Ger- 

 mania3 (Rabenhorst, Kuetzing, Richter, Schroeder), Italiae ad 

 Romam (Martel), in M. Euganeis (Meneghini), in lacu Benacensi 

 (Kirchner), in Gallia (Brebisson, Lamy de la Chapelle, Lenor- 

 mand, Bornet, Gomont, Mougeot, Roumeguere), Austria (Beck, 

 Hansgirg), Hungaria (Istvanffi), in lacu Constantice (Kirchner), 

 in Dalmatia (Hansg.), Anglia (Hassall, Cooke), Hibernia (West), 

 Scotia (Lightfoot), ins. Faeroensibus (Boergesen) Groenlandia 

 (Richter), in nive et glacie Norvegiie (Wittrock), in Lapponia 

 Lulensi (Lagerheim, Bohlin), Dania (Lyngbye), Ins. « Azorre » (Bo- 

 hltn) et «Sandwich» (Schauinsland), «Coromandel» Indiie in saxis 

 aurifero-quartiosis (Nordstedt), Caput Bonse Spei (Reinsch). Cl. 

 Bornet vice Palmellam alpicolam non differre a G. sanguinea et 

 Ralfsii adfirmat. Hoc vero est accuratius inquirendum. — Var. 



