'litfozoosporiiifc, Si)oi'Oi'linacc:p, Nereia. 



Familia XI. SPOROCHNACEffi (Reichb.) Decne 



SporoelmaceiiJ Heiclieiib. [1828J Conf. p. 28 ex. parte (SporijrliHae), Dccaisno 

 I 1842] iu Ann. Sc. Nat., Uot., 2'""'^ seric, Tome XVII, p. 330 {Sporocluioidece), 

 1)0 Toni Syst. Uebers. Fucoid. 1891, p. 17C, KjcUin. iii K. & P. Nat. 1'llanzcn- 

 Ihm. 80. Liel'. pag. 236, non Sporochvaceir Ilarv. [1852] Ner. bor. Anier. 

 ], p. 73, 



SiiiirorlDiiihlcic Ilarv. [1838] Gcn. sontli Afric. pl. p. 393. 



Sjiorochnidic Lindl. [1847] Veg. Kingil. p. 22 excl. Dcxmarcsfia, noii Sj>oi-oi'hni- 

 dew Reiclib. [1841] Nomencl. p. 21. 



'riiallus filiformis aut anguste fasciseformis, deorsum iiaroncliy- 

 iiiiitJcus, sursum e cellulis liberis penicillos effiricmtibus coiistitiitus ; 

 puiictum vegetativum e grege cellulaniin ud liasin peniciHi trrmiiui- 

 iis sito coustans; crescentia trichothallicii. 



Sporangia (unilocularia tantum hucusi[U(! cngiiita; ]iarv:i. ohov.-ita 

 vel ellipsoidea vel ellipsoideo-cylindracea. 



Conspectus generum. 



A. Org-aua sporangifera soros sparsos etflcientia. 

 Nereia Zanard. — Paraphyses simpliees. 

 7?. Organa sporangifera regiones thalli deliiiitas aiinnlatim eingcntia. 

 t Sub apicc frondis exorientia. 

 Bellotia Harv. — Thallus umbellatim ramosus, Eriophori liabitum iir;cbens. 

 Perithalia .1. Ag. — Thallus racemose ramosus, ramis <iiiasi conformibus. 

 Encj/oilialia Harv. — Thallus racemose ramosus, ramis diinorpliis et loiigio- 

 ribus et brevioribus (ramulis), 

 -|"j- Immediate sub puncto vegetationis exorientia. 

 Sjiorochnus Ag. — Regiones thalli fertiies cylindrae.efc, globosse vel clavatiB. 

 Carjioinitra Kuetz. — Regiones thalli fertiles brcviter conoideie aut mitrie- 

 formes. 



NEREIA /aiiard. [1845] iu Diario VII. Coiigr. sc. ital in Napoli p. 121, 

 Giorn. bot. ital. 1846, p. 41, Icou. phyc, adriat. I, p. 67, t. XVll 

 (Etym. Nereia, dea mithologica maris), Ardiss. Phyc. Med. II, 

 p. 130, De Toni & Levi FI. Alg. Ven. II, p. 101, De Toni Syst. 

 Uebers. Fucoid. 1891, p. 176, Kjellm. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 86, p. 238, Sporochni, Desmarestiai sp. auct., Clado- 

 t/tele Kuetz. [1849] Sp. p. 568, [non Hook. f. et Harv. [1845] in Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. 1845, p. 293, quod genus idein ac Sticti/osiphon Kuetz.] 

 — Frons filiformis, solida, ramosa, apicilms omnibus peiiicillo lilo- 



