RHODOPHYCEAE 339 
Family 16. Delessarieceae. Foliaceous.—Delesseria, 
Grinnellia, Nitophyllum. 
Family 17. Bonnemaisoniaceae. 
Family 18. Rhodomelaceae. Cylindrical, flattened, 
to foliaceous.—Polysiphonia, Rhodo- 
mela, Dasya. 
Family 19. Ceramiaceae. Filiform, branched, com- 
planate.—Ceramium, Lejolisia, Pti- 
lota. 
Order GicgarTINALES. Soft Red Seaweeds. Parenchyma- 
tous plants; sporophores produced by 
the nearby auxiliary cells branching 
in the tissues. 
Family 20. Acrotylaceae. 
Family 21. Gigartinaceae. Erect or spreading, branch- 
ing, cylindrical to flat plants. Chon- 
drus, Gigartina, Callophyllis. 
Family 22. Rhodophyllidaceae. Erect, or spreading 
branching, flat plants—Rhodophyllis 
Rhabdonema. 
Order RHoDYMENIALES. Higher Red Seaweeds. Filiform, 
to foliaceous and massive plants; 
sporophores produced by nearby aux- 
iliary cells growing outward in plant 
body. 
Family 23. Sphaerococcaceae. 
Family 24. Rhodymeniaceae. Filiform to foliaceous. 
Rhodymenia, Plocamium. 
Phylum VII. CARPOMYCETEAE. The Higher Fungi 
Terrestrial, chlorophyll-less, filamentous, parasites and sapro- 
phytes, producing spore-fruits 
Class 15. ASCOSPOREAE. Ascus Fungi. Spore-fruits con- 
taining one or more asci with asco- 
spores. (Sp. about 29,000.) 
Order LaBoULBENIALES. Beetle Fungi. Erect, minute, 
few celled, bearing simple ascigerous 
fruits. 
Family 1. Laboulbeniaceae. Parasitic on beetles.— 
Laboulbenia, Ceratomyces, Dicho- 
myces. 
