PI)rtHizoospcii'ina;, Sporoehiiaceaj, Bellotia. 377 



miiiaiis, (lciiiiiin :iiliillinr irrcpulariter ramosa. Coiisistcntiii rniiiilis 

 siilili'ii;i\. i'(iriaci'll;i. colnr olivaceiis, pcnicilU voro tcniiiiuilcs licr- 



Spccji-s a ^'(■'iKTc e\cliisa. 

 2. Nereia aUStralis Jl;irv, iu /.;iii;ir(i. icon. iihyc. ;nlri;it. I. p;i-. ].".:'.. 

 tcstc G. Miirr;i,y, csL i';i.(lciii spccics ac ySUclyosijjliuii Dccii/sne/ (II. 

 et H.) Murr. 



BELLOTIA IT;irv. |isr,.-,l in T;iyl. .\nii. Nat. Hist. XV. is.-.r,. i,. '.>::•.' 

 i:iyiii. ;i, cl;iro liici.i.OT, n;ivicat(irc frallico), Hook. l'"l. n\' 'r;isiii:iiii;i 

 p. 288, J)c Toni Syst. Uebcrs. Fncoicl. 1891, p. 17U, Jvjcllin. iii 

 l^^iiSl. & Prantl Nat. Pllanzenfain. 86. p. 2:38. — Frons filiforinis, 

 solida, repetite uinbellatini ramosa, ramis conformilius, apicibus ra- 

 morum fasciculato-comosis; strata sporangiopliora (in quoque raino 

 singula) elongato-subclavjeformia aut quasi cylinilraccii, imiltiarticii- 

 latii, simplicia sparseve ramosa, articulis termin;ilil,iis snliiiifl:ifis. 

 lateraliter sporangia oblonga (transvcrsim striatii .' c\scrciiti;L mc- 

 (li;i,iii ramuloriiiii rcgiiinem dciisc circnm vcsticnti;i. 



I. Bellotia Eriophorum Harv. in .\nn. Nixt. Hist. XV, 18.55, p. :^.:^.2. 

 Hoolcer Flora of Tasmania p. 288, t. 187, f. l-?>, Harv., Phyc. au- 

 striil. t;xb. 09. — Piadice fibris velutinis obsita; caulibus e basi 

 unica numerosis, 1-2-pedalibus, set;x porcin;'i (hiplo cnissiorilms. 

 teretibus, rigidis, saepius corneis, 2-3-uml,cll;it(i-c(,iiip(,sitis ; um- 

 Iiellulis e radiis 10-20-30 vel ultra compositis, singulis 7,5-10-12.5 

 cm. longis; radiis basi tomentosis. ceterum nudis levibusquc ra- 

 morum omnium apicibus fllamentorum coma 12-18 mm. diiini. 

 sphserica densissima brunnea instructis; reccptiiciilis cylindraceis, 

 5 cm. plerumque longis. 



Hab. iid « Port Phillip » et « Western Port » Victoria? (Harvey), 

 ad « Georgetown » (Henty, Gunn) et « Derwcnt » Tasmanise (Old- 

 field). — Substantia stipitis et nimorum rigida, cajspitulorum termi- 

 nalium prima aetate ssepius gelatinosa. Habitus quasi EriopJiori, 

 iindc spccici nomen. 



PERITHALIA .1. Ag. [1890] Till Algerncs Systematik IX. p. 1 'Etym. 

 peri circa ct thaleo floreo), De Toni Syst. Ucbcrs. Fiicoid. 1891. 

 p. 176, Kjcllm. in Engl. & Priintl Nixtiirl. pniui/ciilaiii. sii. Licf. 

 p. 238, Carpoiui/rn' sp. .1. Ag. ct Kuotz.. Fnci sp. i;. T.rown ct 



