Cy(Mosporiii-r, Saivn.ssaco;ie, Cystoseira. 103 



hiainthd (ipnn.lioldcx Kuci/. Sp. p. 598, Carpodesmin opitntioi- 

 (h's Kuotz. Tiil). Pliye. X, t. o5, f. I. — Caulo trunoiformi olon}.,^ato 

 donsius ramoso, tophulis ellipsoideo-oblonr,as lovil)US pedicellatis 

 racemose-obsito, ramis ex apice toplmlorum subsingulis bi-tripin- 

 natis. inferno terotiusculis. suporne (junioribus) planis costatis, laxe 

 dcmtatis; recoptaculis verrucosis," ovoidois, in media fronde racomo- 

 sis h. e. prope basim ramulorum filiformem ovolutis; vesiculis nuUis. 



Hal). in littore Algeriensi (Montagne), ad Gades (Cabrera), in 

 mari Mediterraneo binc inde (Ardissone) e. gr. in sinu Neapolitano 

 (Falkenberg), ad oras Sardinia^ (Piccone), Sicilife (Langenbach), Li- 

 guria^ (Strafforello), insukie Galita^ (Piccone) &c. — Cum C. Ahicte- 

 Marina (Gmel.) Ag. in plurimis convonit. Frons ex toto 20-30 cm. 

 alta, dense ca?spitosa. Radix fibroso-scutata. Caulis brovior in ramos 

 numerosos pinnatim divisus. Tophuli brevissimo pedicello insidontes 

 sunt in oxsiccata rimosi, at alias levissimi. Folia fere filiformia angu- 

 stissima. Receptacula in media fronde lateralia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 verrucosa, 4-9 millim. longa, 1 millim. aut parum ultra lata, pe- 

 dunculo filiformi ad 4 millim. longo suffulta, apice acuta, niucro- 

 nata vel foliolo dentato coronata. 



Cystoseira granulata (L.) Ag. Sp. p. 55, Syst. p. 282 (excl. synon.), ^ot 

 Grov. Alg. Brit. p. 5. t. 2, Harv. Phyc. Lrit. tab. 60, J. Ag. Sp. I, 

 p. 217, Johnst. & Croall Brit. Sea-Weeds III, p. 5, t. 132 non 

 Falkonl)., Pliyllacantha granulata Kuetz. Sp. p. 596, Tab. Phyc. 

 X, t. 20, f. I, Fncm gramdatm L. Sp. plant. II, p. 1629, Fl. Dan. 

 tab. 591, Turn. Hist. Fuc. tab. 251 (excl. var. ,6), Engl. Botany 

 tab. 2169, Facus concatcnatus Voll. Pl. Man. t. 2, f. 1 (non L.), 

 Fucus niucronatus Turn. Hist. Fuc. I, p. 78, Fticus nodicaulis 

 With. Br. Pl. vol. lY, p. 111, Stackh. Ner. Brit. t. 18. — Caule 

 trunciformi breviori parce dichotomo, tophulis conicis levibus spi- 

 catim ol)sito, ramis ex apico tophulorum subsingulis vage ramosis- 

 simis tcretiusculis laxe spinosis, spinis subulatis solitariis, supre- 

 mis fertilibus in receptacula verrucoso-cylindracoa coalescentibus; 

 vesiculis parvis, ellipsoideis, solitariis aut concatenatis. 



Halj. in oceano Atlantico ad oras Europas a Norvegia et Anglia 

 usque ad Galliam et Hispaniam, ad « Funchal » insulre Maderoe 

 (D'Albertis, Piccone), ad insulas Capitis Viridis (Piccone, Exp. 

 Vettor Pisani). — C^allus radicalis disciformi-deprossus. Caulis cy- 

 lindraceus, parce divisus, 5-15 cm. longus, 5-9 millim. latus, ramis 

 (luadrifariis gracilibus filiformibus obsessus. Tophuli ovato-conici, 

 leves vel in sicco rugosi. Rami juniores subevosiculosi, adultiores 



