Ser. RHODOSPERME.E. Fam. Riodomelacee. 
Prate CCLXXI. 
DASYA SCOPULIFERA, Zar. 
Gen. Cuar. Frond filiform or compressed, dendroid ; stem and branches 
coated with small, polygonal cells (rarely articulated, and many-tubed) ; 
the axis articulate, composed of several radiating cells surrounding 
a central cavity; ramelli articulated, one-tubed. ruetification : 1, 
ovate or urceolate ceramidia; 2, lanceolate stichidia, attached to the 
ramelli, and containing triangularly-parted tetraspores in transverse 
rows.—Dasya (dg.), from dacvs, hairy. 
Frons filiformis v. compressa, dendroidea. Caulis ramique majores strato cel- 
lularum corticati (raro pellucide articulati), ramellis monosiphoniis obsesst ; 
axis articulatus, ex cellulis pluribus radiantibus tubum centralem ecingentibus 
formatus. Fruct.: 1, ceramidia ovata v. urceolata ; 2, stichidia lanceolata, 
ex ramellis enata, tetrasporas transversim ordinatas foventia. 
Dasya (Stichocarpus) scopudifera ; frond dendroid, robust, gid, thickly 
corticated throughout, 5-tubed ; stem simple, filiform, set with several 
long, simple, cord-like lateral branches, which are irregularly but 
densely beset with sbort, brush-hke ramuli; ramuli clothed with im- 
curved, simple, subulate, acute, basally attenuated, jointed ramelli ; 
joints of the ramelli 2-3 times as long as broad; ceramidia ovate, 
terminating short ramuli. 
D. (Stichocarpus) scopulifera; fronde dendroidea robusta rigida crassissine 
corticata 5-siphonia, caule simplici filiform, ramis lateralibus numerosis sim- 
plicissimts longissimis ramulis scopiformibus onustis,ramulis ramellis articulatis 
incurvis simplicibus subulatis basi attenuatis velatis, articulis ramellorum dia- 
metro 2-3-plo longioribus, cerumidiis ovatis ramulos breviores coronantibus. 
Dasya (Stichocarpus) scopulifera, Harv. in Herb. T. C.D. 
Has. At Bunbury, W. Australia, rare, G. C/i/ton. 
Grocer. Distr. West coast of Australia. 
Descr. Root discoid. Frond 10-12 inches long or more, 1-2 lines in diameter at 
base, tapering upwards tothe thickness of a sparrow’s quill. Stem quite simple, 
cord-like, attenuated upwards, irregularly beset with several similar lateral 
branches. These branches are 6-8 inches long, emitting from all sides, 
from their bases to within a short distance of the apex, irregularly placed, 
solitary or tufted, short branchlets; the apices of the branches bare of 
branchlets and resembling tails. The dranchlets or ramuli are ¢— % ich 
long, setaceous, and so closely clothed, from a short distance above the base, 
with ramelli, as to resemble little brushes. All the ramuli, as well as the 
