Pli;eozoosporin;r, Spcrnuitocliiiaccfi', Spermiil.ocluius. 387 



— Clarus SdMilcr ^'I.iiin;i';i XX. p. (iti7y iKtnc spi-cieia ;i(l Cai-pn- 

 Diilfdin CahrerdJii pertimTi' coiitenilit. 



Familia XII. SPERMATOCHNAGE^ Kjellm. 



Spennatochtiacew I\iclliii. [1890] llanilbok I, p. ,32, Ivif,']. ,t Pr.intl Natiirl. 

 Pil.iiuciinim. 8(), p. 2.33, L)c Toiii Syst. Uehcr.s. Fucoiil. 1891, p. 177. 



l''roiis liliforniis. disco nulicali e riltris coiilitis const-uito ;iffix;i, 

 rcj,'iil;iriter r;i.nios;i sp^irsoiiiu; pili;.,'er;i, e tiibo a,rticulato ;xxi;ili (cre- 

 soentiil apicali don;ito) et chlamyde parenchyniatica (usque 7-strato- 

 sa) celhilixruin verticillatim e tubo axiali exorientium ope l;ixo adha;- 

 rente constituta. 



Sporangia unilocuhiria lateralitcr ;i,d b;xsin tiloruin artieuhitoruni, 

 cffispitose aggregatoruin, e cellulis supcrficialibus exorientium evoluta 

 et tunc soros ef!icientia, obovoidea. Sporangia plurilocularia hucusciue 

 ignota. 



SPERMATOCHNUS Ku.^tz. [1843] in Linna^a 1813, p. 96, Phyc. gencr. 

 p. 334, t. 2(3, 1". II (Analysis), Sp. p. 549 (Etym. sperma semen et 

 chnous lanugo, ehnoos tomentum), Reinke Algenfl. p. 66 (ubi am- 

 plissime de structura hujus generis peculiari disseriturj, Atlas 

 deutscher Meeres. p. 53, t. 33-35, Kjellm. in Engl. & Prantl Nii- 

 tiirl. Pfl;inzenfiim. 86. Lief. p. 233, De Toni Syst. Uebers. Fucoid. 

 1891, p. 177, Chotxlaria', Stilophoro', Striario3, Confervai sp. 

 auct. veter. — Frons e ciillo radicali discoideo exsurgens, filifor- 

 mis, cylindraceo-elongata, regulariter et uniformiter riimosa, sparse 

 pilosa, e celluliirum serie axiali (crescentia apicali donata,) chlamyde 

 parenchymatica 1-7-stratosa (cellulis versus superficiem magnitu- 

 dine decrescentibus) involuta constans; contextus chlamydis dein in 

 parte frondis vetustiore ab iixi secedens et cellularum elongatarum 

 verticillatim dispositarum ope cum axi conjunctus et lacunas muco 

 iinpletas linquens; phffiophora in cellulis iissimilantibus numerosa, 

 minuta, disciformiii, sporangia uniloculiiria ad basin filorum arti- 

 culatorum e cellulis superfici;ilibus exorientium cffispitosc aggrega- 

 torum lateraliter eftbrinata, in soros conferta, obovata; sporangia 

 plurilocularia ignota. 



1. Spermatobhnus paradoxus (Rothj Kuotz. Phyc, gerin;i.n. p. 268, 643 

 Sp. p. 549. Tiib. Phyc. VIII, t. 18, f. I, Reinko Algenn. westl 



