Phi»ozoospoi'in;Te, Eiiccliacc.r, Asperococciis. 495 



Levi Fl. Al--. Ven. IT, pag. 104, Ardiss. Phyc. Mcdit. IF, p. 135, 

 Jlahglossuni GvlfjlUmanura Kuetz. Pliye. gciicr. pag. yiO, Sp. 

 p. 561, Tal). Pliyc. IX, t. 53, Laminaria cnsiformis Delle Chiaje 

 Hydrophyt. Neap. tab. LXXXII. — Frondibus conipressis, planis, 

 sublinearibus, basi in stipiteni sensini attenuatis ; soris maculsefor- 

 mibus, magnis, primitus in regione niediana frondis evolutis, basi 

 apiceque nullis. 



Hah. in sinu lugdunensi-gallico ad Massiliam (Castagne, Agardh), 

 in mari ligustico ad « Genova » (Ardissone, De Notaris), in sinu 

 Neapolitano (Delle Chiaje), in mari adriatico ad oras orientales 

 tam Istrise (Hauck, Titius) quam Dalmatioe (Sandri, Meneghini, 

 Zanardini); in occano Atlantico ad oras Galliae et Anglise (Har- 

 vey), in canali Manicre (Hohenacker, Rabenhorst); ad Tingin; in 

 mari australi ad Caput Bonoe Spei (Harvey). — Frondes e callo 

 radicali communi sa^pc plures grcgatim exsurgentes, stipite brevi 

 subtilique sensim in laminam quasi linearem (usrpie ad 40 et ultra 

 cm. longam 5-40 millim. latam) abcunte; substantia mcmbranacea, 

 siccitate subnitens, color frondis viridi-olivaceus, in speciminibus 

 fractiferis saturatior. Sporangia plurilocularia (sec. Sauvageau 1895) 

 23-25 ^ 9-15. 



Subgenus III. Pseudostriaru: Frons tubuIosa,'ramosa. g23 



4. Asperococcus orientalis 4. Ag. Sp. I, p. 78, Encadium orieniale 

 Kuctz. Sp. p. 551, Ilydroclathrus orientalis (J. Ag.) Heydr. Bcitr. 

 Algenfl. v. Ost-Asien p. 286. — Fronde tubulosa, ramosa, elongato- 

 expansa, ramis clongatis irregulariter dichotomis hic illic constri- 

 ctis, apicibus valdc attenuatis furcatis. 



Hah. in mari Indico ad Manillam (Binder), ad insulam Gua- 

 dalupam (Crouan); ad « Long Kiau » insulfc Formos» (Heydrich). — 

 Frons tubulosa, usque sesq^uipedalis, circ. 2 mm. diam. meticns, di- 

 chotoma aut ramis vage obsita, hic illic constricta et torta; rami 

 usque ad dccimetrum longi, basi plcrumque attenuati et versus 

 apices eximie angustati, iterum iterumque furcati; duplici strato 

 cellularum frons contexta est, interiori cellulis hyalinis simplici 

 serie dispositis, extcriori cellulis coloratis rotundatis, pro magnitu- 

 dine plantaj minutis, irregularitcr seriatis; sporangia plurilocularia 

 in soros congesta. Habitu formam Enteromorphoi compressw aut 

 potius Striaria; fragilis vel Stilophorm cujusdam oemulat. 



5. Asperococcus jntricatus J. Ag. Alg. Liebm. p. 7, Sp. I, pag. 77, 824 

 Enccelium intricatum Kuctz. Sp. p. 551, Tab. Phyc. IX, pag. 3, 



