Pl&ozoosporiiiaj. Sporoclinaccffl, Sporochniis. ,379 



liliiriinis il(>coinp(isitis llliluniiibus, crassitio capillaribus, fertilibus 

 iii si)ic;iiii iivali- aiil (ililnnfio-cylindraccam, sua longituclino vix 

 scxtain parteni raninli a'quantom incrassatis. 



Hab. ad oras Nov» ZelandiiE « Barricre Island 'l'hames » (Rev. 

 W. CoLENSo in lierb. Kewensi). — Partem inferiorem luijus noii 

 vidit cl. J. Agardh sed in schedula speciniinis ultra pedalis adno- 

 tavit Colenso frondem in niagnam niolom excrescoro. In fronde ex- 

 siccata ambitus totius fere csl pluni.T oval(i-laii('('<»la,t;r ; ;it niiiii 

 ivvora quoquoversum exeunt, nunc hini (|iiin innno uiinc pliircs 

 lcre fascicuhiti, suboppositi aut 2-3-collaterales, majores inferio- 

 rum sfepe ad basin tomento stuposo obducti. Rami isti 7-10 mm. 

 longi fere ad candem normani decompositi. Spic;w terminales siii- 

 .ynlai (nunc duaj superp(isit;i' . pliirini;e 1 nuii. vix super;uites, r;iro 

 •2 imii. a'qiiaiites. 



ENCYOTHALIA Ilarv. [1859] Phyc anstralica II. tiib. 02 (Etym. cn- 

 ci/os prajgnans et thallos ramus), Kjellm. in Engl. & Prantl Na- 

 tiirl. Pflanzenfam. 86. Lief. p. 238. — Frons filiformis, solida, pin- 

 Uiitim rainosa, ramis primariis elongatis quoiiuoversum ramulos 

 sctajformes, penicillatos emittentihus ; strata sporangifera (recepta- 

 cula) mediam regionein ramorum primariorum elongatorum annu- 

 latim dense investientia. Sporangia in p:n-aphysihus siinplieibus 

 dense stipatis pleurogena, oblonga, transversim striata. 



1. Encyothalia Cliftoni Harv. Phyc. iiustnil. tab. 03, Kjellni. I. c. g^d 

 f. Kii B!. — Chariicteres generis. 



Hah. ad «Fremantle» Australite occident;ilis (Cliftox, H.\rvey). 

 — Radix discoideo-conica, ainpla, usque ad 1 cm. diain., fibris 

 crasse obsita. Stipes filiformis, basi stuposus, sursum glaber, 1-2 

 millim. latus, elongatus (1-2-pedalis), simplex at ramis lateralibus 

 numerosis et ramellis gracilibus setaceis apice penicillatis instru- 

 ctus. Rami alterni aut irregulariter inserti, virgati, simplices, pe- 

 dales longit. et ultra ortu, stuposi, dein glabri et ramellis setiv 

 ceis, apice penicillatis eleganter ohsiti. Receptacula in quoque ramo 

 1-2 allantoidea, partera medianam occupantia, e paraphysibus ini- 

 nutis simplicibus apice sphacelatis sporangiisque ad piiraphyses 

 pleurogenis constituta. Color frondis obscure olivaceus, penicillorum 

 (lilutior; substantia rigidiuscula. 



SPOROCHNUS Ag. [1817] Sp. T, p. 117, Syst. p;ig. XXXVI et 258, 



