PhseozoosporliKe, Cliordariacese, Mesogloia. 427 



maxime obtusis. Color oliv;iceo-l"uscescens. Fihi poripherica longis- 

 sima (us(iue 20 articulis coustautia) hasi lurcata, ceterum simpli- 

 cissiuia, recta, a-qualia, articulis s[)liieroideis diauietro a'(|ualibus 

 pariiuive brevi(U'il)Us. 



Species inqnireiulae. 



4. Mesogioia brasiliensis Mnnt. Pl. cell. exot. IV, u. GS, ,T. Ag. Sp. I, 7or, 

 p. 58. — Froude sul)c;i,rtilajj:inea, cyliudrace;i, ;itro-vir(!ute, a basi 

 irregulariter ramosis>im;i, r;uuis clongatis alterne ramulosis, con- 

 textu filiformi centro densissime intricato, filamentis radiantibus 

 longissimis eximie cylindricis subramosis iiequalibus articubitis, ar- 

 ticulis diametro sublongioribus, propagula (sporangia uuilocularia?) 

 lanceolata singula ;iut plura longissime superantibus. 



Ilah. in concbis in littore l^nisili;^ (Gaudichaud). — Colore, 

 consistontia et longitudine filorum radiantium distincta. Exsiccata 

 formam cylindraceam conserv;int, nec collabuntur. Cliordariain sor- 

 didam Bory buc referendam esse, suspicatus est cbxrus Montagne. 



5. Mesoglola linearis Hook. et Harv. Alg. Antarct. in Lond. Journ. 706 

 r>ot. IV, 1844, p. 25, Crypt. ant;irct. p. 164, J. Ag. Sp. I, p. 57. 



— Fronde virescente, circumscriptione lineari, axi primario seu 

 caule indiviso tenui, ramis ablireviatis flexuosis crebris alternis. 

 ramulis subsecundis. 



Ilab. ad«Cap. Horn » America^ australis (Hooker). — Frondes 

 8-14 cm. alta3, semimillimetrum diametro metientes, olivaceo-viren- 

 tes. Caulis indivisus, sed dense obsitus raniis brevibus flexuosis, 

 nudis aut parce ramulosis, ramulis deorsum subsecundis. Fila- 

 menta filiformia extra superficiem vix prominentia. 



6. Mesogloia intestinalis Harv. in Hooker Flora of New Zealand. p. 220. 707 



— Fronde a basi gracili sursum sensim incrassata, intestiuiformi, 

 subsimplici vel vage ramosa, ramis paucis similibus obtusis junio- 

 ribus tomentosis, filis peripliericis bisciculatis elongatis cylindrico- 

 clavatis, subliberis, articulis diametro brevioribus vel ajqualibus; 

 sporangiis ellipticis, oblongis, aggregatis, sessilibus. 



Hdb. ad «Blind Bay», «Cook's Strait» et «Auckland» nec non 

 «Otago Harbour» Nov;e Zelandiae (Lyall). — Frons 1-2-pedalis 

 et fortasse ultra longa, basi 2 mm. crassa, sursuni sensim incras- 

 satula et ultimo circ. 12 mm. alta. 



7. Mesogloia? Andersonii Farlow On some new or imperfectly known 708 

 Alga3 of the United States I in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 1889, n. 1, 



