TcM'as]i<)i'in,i>, liiclyotaee.f, Stn^cliosperniiim. 2ol 



VI Spaihoglossum flabelliforme Knt;iz. — Zanardini/t rit//ai-/s ('rw,m. 

 1:1. Spathoglossum Spanneri Mt^ui^iih. = Zanar/i//>/// /■i>//i(f/s Cvi^n.m. 

 11. Spathoglossuin variegatum Kuct/,. = Zowti-i/t /■/tric;i/i//i .\- 

 1"). Spathoglossum multiparlitum Knct/,. — s/j/ii/iii(M/i/i,ii/ /o/Hi//i/n 



Kiict/. 

 Ki. Spathoglossum versicoior Knely.. = S/ypo-po/li///// //»///// /'/i/Knetz. 

 17. Spathoglossum velutinum Kuotz. = Microz/jni/t n'/ii/i,//t nfiirv.). 

 IH. Spathoglossum australasicum (Sond.) Kuot/. T/i/n/i/i /i/is/ra/a- 



sica yoml. 



STECHOSPERMUM Kuot/. [1848] Phyc. gener. p. :539, Sp. (1849), p. 

 1."pO (Ktyiii. S/(r/'/i/i.s li. 0. Lavandulii Stoechas et sperma semen), .1. 

 Ag. Sp. 1, p. 98, Aualerta I, p. 39, De-Toni Syst. Uehers. Fucoid. 1891, 

 p. 175, Zonaritv ct Dictyottv sp. auct. — Frons plana, dichotonia, 

 inferne caulescens, subcostata, cclhilis superficialibus miuutis invi- 

 cem ajque distantibus, apice ramorum flal)oll:itim divergentibus, cel- 

 lulis interioribus polystromaticis corticalibus niulto majoribus ina- 

 nibus, hyalinis, angulatis, arctc conjunctis. Sporse (oosporae '?) sat 

 magnae, obovatre, in utraque pagina frondis in soros nudos elonga- 

 to-Iineares margini parallelos coIIectiB. Pai'aphyses in soros a sporis 

 discretos macukeformes congestiB, e cellulis clavaiforinibus, substan- 

 ti;l granulosil farctis constantes. 



1. Stoechospermum marginatum (Ag.) Kuotz. Phyc. genor. p. :l:^.9, 

 Sp. pag. 560, Tiib. Phyc. IX, pag. 17, t. 40, f. I, J. Ag. Sp I, 

 p. 99, Zanard. PI. mar. rubr. p. 39, Zonaria patens Hcring Unio 

 itin. n. 473, Zonaria marginata Ag. Syst. p. 265, Stcvchospermuiii 

 patens J. Ag. Sp. I, p. 99, Kuetz. Tab. Phyc. IX. t. 40, f. II, 

 Bictyota marginata Decaisne Arab. p. 138 (excl. synon.). — 

 Fronde decomposito-dichotoma, subpinnata, iuferne stuposa et sub- 

 costiita, segmentis patentibus, planis, linearibus, apicibus lingulatis 

 rotundato-obtusis ; sporis in sorum linoarom margini parallolum 

 dense stipatis. 



Hab. in mari Rubro primitus inventum et indicatum ab auctoribus 

 antiquioribus (Forsicaal, ScHiMrEU, Bove, Hering, Decaisne), dein 

 recentiori tempore inventum in sinu « Assah » (DoRi.\, Marcacci, 

 Caramagna, Piccone); ad « Colombo » insulaj Ceylonte in mari Indico 

 (Marcacci, Piccone). — Frons usque sesquipedalis; stupa bis pol- 

 licem fere adscendit et dein in costam abit, mediam segraentorum 

 paginam percurrentem , sensim in niedia fronde evanescentem. 



