Cyclosporinse, Rargassacefo, Sargassuni. "/5 



gjita, 0-6,5 milliin. ciroiter lon<,nx, seinel aut bis furcata, cyliiidr;i- 

 cea, apicibiis attenuatis. Substantia totius planta? succosa. Species 

 distinctissinui, niadefacta facillinie distin^fuenda, exsiccata S.Swartzii 

 maj^nopore ;enuilatur. 



112. Sargassum spathulaefolium J. A'^. Sp. I, p. 8^50, Sp. Sarg. Austral. 112 

 p. 102, Sargassum virgatum var. majus Ag. Syst. p. 296, Sar- 

 gassum Swartzii var. hyhrida et var. suhopposita Grun. in Pic- 

 cone Algol. eritrea }). 303. — Rachidibus ramorum compressis, fo- 

 liis obovato-linearibus, dent;itis integerrimisve, evanescente costatis. 

 subsingula utrinque serie glandulosis; vesiculis in petiolo com- 

 presso ipsarum longitudine ellipsoideis, apiculatis ; receptaculis axil- 

 hiribus, furcato-ramosissimis, cymosis, verrucoso-dentatis. 



Hah. in oceano Indico; ad Ceylonam et Javani (Reynaud!); 

 ad «Endeli» insulai Sundica? Mangerete [Flores] (T. Reinbold); 

 ad oras Indostanise (Wight in Hb. Hooker) ; in mari Rubro in- 

 feriori (A. Piccone). — Rachides liliformes compresste, inferne fere 

 planse, pluripedales, ramis conformibus alternis decoinposit;e. Folia 

 vix ultra 2,5 cni. longa, ssepe breviora 2 cm. circiter longa, su- 

 l)erne 4-5,5 111111, lata, in basin eximie cuneatam attenuata, apice 

 rotundato obtusissima, nunc subintegerrinia, nunc a medio ad api- 

 ceiii serrata, qiio magis linearia eo integriora et eo evidentius co- 

 stata, nervo supra niedium evanescente percursa, glandularum 

 utrinque singula serie notata. Vesicuhe diametro longitudinali 8,5 

 iiini. longo, transversali paulo breviore. Receptacula in axilla folii 

 fulcrantis ;iggregata eoque plus triplo breviora, ramosissima, ramis 

 ultimis dentiformibus. In planta fertili folia fulcr;i,ntia formam ser- 

 vant cuneatam, quo charactere haec species a Sargasso teretifolio 

 distinguitur. 



113. Sargassum aquifolium (Turn.) Ag. Sp. p. 12, Syst. p. 297, non un 

 alibi nec Bory neque Ricli., J. Ag. Sp. I, p. 330, Sp. Sarg. Austral. 



p. 102, Kuetz. Sp. p. 607, T;ib. Phyc. XI, t. 3, Sargassum her- 

 haceum, Kuetz. Sp. p. 607, Tab. Phyc. XI, t. 2 (phmta juvenilis)?, 

 Sargassum ohovatum Grev. Alg. orient. in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist. III, p. 216, t. IX, Sargassum densifolium var. suhcompressa 

 Grun. in Piccone Alg. eritrea p. 310 (planta fertilis robustior)?, Sar- 

 gassum virescens Fig. et De Not. Alg. mar Rosso p. 21, Zanard. 

 Pl. iiiar Rubri pag. 239 (planta juvenilis). Fucus aquifolius Turn. 

 Hist. Fuc. I, pag. 112, tab. 50. — Rachidibus ramorum com- 

 presso-phmis e ni;irgine distiche ramosis; foliis cuneato-oblongis 

 obtusissiniis, repando-dentatis, seminerviis ; vesiculis in petiolo com- 



