Pliocozoosporinro, Eiicffiliacea^, Symphyocarpus. 491 



Phyc. australica tab. 98, Mitchcll iu Murray Phyc. Mcmoirs TT. 

 part, p. 56, t. XV, f. 2-4 !, Fiicus clatkratiis Dory mscr., Aspero- 

 coccus cancellatus Endl. Suppl. III, p. 26, Halodictyon cancellatum 

 Kuetz. Ph}c. geuer. p. 336, Encoelium clathratum Ag. Sp. T, p. 

 412, Syst. p. 262, Kuctz. Sp. p. 552, Stitophora clathrata Ag. iu 

 Flora 1827, Asperococcus clatJiratus J. Ag. Sp. I, p. 75, Zanard. 

 Tc. phyc. p. 278. — Fronde stipitata, lato expansa, pcr foramina 

 varia3 magnitudiuis in laminas lineares reticulatim divisa. 



Hab. in oceano Athintico calidiori ad littora Armoricse (Bory); 

 ad oras Brasilii» (Lund); in mari Rubro; ad insulam Francia^; ad 

 ins. «Ravalv», «Tahiti», «Sarav^alc» (Beccari, Zanardini), ad Ja- 

 pouiani (Suuingar, Dickie, Okamura) et Novam Hollandiam (GIaudi- 

 ciiaud), ad ins. «Fiji, Aru » (Dickie), ad Novam Guineam (TIeydrich); 

 vix cadem in mari Mediterraneo ad oras Algeritt; (Montagne). 



SYMPHYOCARPUS Rosenv. [1893] Groenlands Havalger p. 890 (Etym. 

 symphyo colligo et carpos frnctus). — Thallus crustiformis, e strato 

 basilari ct filis erectis constitutus. Stratum basilare monostroma- 

 ticum e filis ramosis, repentibus, primum liberis, irregularitcr sub- 

 radiatim dispositis, demum confluentibus, compositum. Fila erecta 

 brevia, ajquilonga, simplicia aut subdichotome ramosa, libera at 

 dense conferta. CelluIaB ph;r,ophorum singulum apicale disciforme 

 continentes. Sporangia plurilocularia oblongo-obovata, iu apicibus 

 ramorum erectorum sita, lateraliter bina-quaterna (rarius plura) 

 connata, apice dehiscentia. • 



1. Symphyocarpus strangulans Rosenv. Groenlands Havalger p. 89G, si7 

 f. 28-29, Kuck. Bemerk. Algenveg. v. Holgoland (1894), p. 236, 

 f. 9. — Crusta habitum Lithodermatis prtebente, margine irregu- 

 lari e filis liberis, irregulariter ramosis srepius secundis formato, 

 cellulis diametro sequi-sesquilongioribus, dein in stratum basilaro 

 monostromaticum coalitis; cellulis sensim sursum promincntibus, 

 dissepimentis horizontalibus divisis et ramos erectos emitteutibus; 

 filis erectis subcylindraceis, 2-7-ceIIuIaribus, cellulis diametro fere 

 lequilongis, phaeophorum parieti superiori adpositum coutinentibus; 

 pilis hyalinis paucis hic illic e fllis repentibus egredientibus; spo- 

 rangiis plurilocularibus brevibus, e cellula terminali filorum ere- 

 ctorum divisione verticali (una v. paucis) ortis, igitur congenita- 

 liter plerumquc per totam longitudinem connatis, parcc locellatis. 

 Hah. in lilamentis Cha3 tomorpha) Melagonii pr. « God- 



