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73. Fronds long, cylindrical, densely clothed with lake-red hairs . . Basya. 

 Fronds purple or dark red, occasionally blackish, superficial cells 



either throughout or at least in the young branches arranged in 



transverse bands 74 



Fronds dark red, much branched, rather robust, superficial cells 

 small, irregularly placed Bhodomela. 



74. Tetraspores borne in the younger branches Polysiplionia. 



Tetraspores borne in swollen, pod-like branches (stichidia). 



BostrycMa. 



75. Fronds cartilaginous, dense, spores immersed in the substance of 



frond . » 76 



Fronds delicate or somewhat coriaceous 79 



Fronds gelatinous, livid purple, composed of a single layer of cells, 



spores in marginal bands or spots Porphyra. 



76. Fronds formed internally of numerous anastomosnig filaments which 



divide corymbosely at the surface 77 



Fronds formed of roundish angular cells throughout 78 



77. Fronds plane or slightly channelled Chondrus. 



Fronds beset with small papillee, in which the spores are borne. 



Gigartina. 



78. Fronds with a prominent stipe, which passes into a proliferous la- 



mina, cystocarps external, globose Phyllophora. 



Fronds linear, regularly dichotomous, cystocarps immersed. 



Gymnogongrus. 



79. Midrib present 80 



Midrib wanting 82 



80. Fronds rosy red, leaf-like 81 



Fronds dark brownish purple, narrow, dentate, midrib scarcely dis- 

 tinct Odonthalia. 



81. Tetraspores in spots on the fronds, lateral veins usually present. 



Belesscria. 



Lateral veins wanting, tetraspores in thickened portions of the 



frouds Grinnellia. 



82. Fronds narrow, much divided 81 



Fronds palmately or dichotomously divided 83 



83. Fronds deep red, broadly palmate, margins proliferous, tetraspores 



cruciate in patches Iihodymenia. 



Fronds dark red, margins ciliate, tetraspores zonate . . Rhodophyllis. 

 Fronds dark purple, deeply divided, tetraspores scattered, cruciate. 



Gracilaria. 



84. Branches alternately secund in threes or fours, the lowest undivided 



and spine-like, the rest pinnate Plocamium. 



Fronds subfiabellate, upper divisions divaricately toothed . Eutlwra. 



