238 SCYTONEME^. 



1. Petalonema ALATUM. 

 Plate LXVIII. Fig. 6. 

 Char. Filaments broadly memhranaceous. 

 P. alatum Berk., Glean, of Alg., p. 23. t. 7. fig. 2. Oscilla- 

 toria alata Carm. Grev. Ciypt. Fl. 222.; Harv. in 

 Hook. Br. Fl. 378. ; Harv. in Manual, p. 1G8. 

 Hah. On wet calcareous cliffs, Appin : Capt. Carmichael. 

 Oban : Rev. M. J. Berkelei/. Aberdeen : Di: Dickie. 



This biglily curious plant forms a brownish or chestnut- 

 coloured stratum, subgelatinous. The filaments, which are 

 irregularly branched, central, consist of a coloured thread, 

 which is distinctly annulated, and a broad colourless striated 

 sheath, obtuse at its extremity. The contrast between the 

 coloured and uncoloured portions of the filaments, and the 

 delicate stride on the sheath, render this a very beautiful 

 object. 



26. ARTHEONEMA Hass. 



Char. Filaments simjjle, rarely hrayiched ? of equal diameter, 

 divided into successive portions. 

 Derivation. From apOpov, a joint, and vrjixa, a thread. 



It is not without some hesitation that I have ventured to 

 constitute a new genus for the reception of this curious pro- 

 duction, Avhich could not consistently I think be allowed to 

 remain with either Scytonema or Hassallia. 



1. Arthronema cirrhosum Hass. 

 Plate LXVin. Fig. 7. 

 Char. Filaments of considerable size, stricB close and evident. 

 Scytonema cirrhosum Carm. T?//?,? widely spreading, ^/a- 

 ments floating in bundles, spuriously ? branched ; 

 branches beset with fragments towards the top." — 

 Carm. MS. 



