370 DESMIDE^. 



Closterium Lunula, Aiinales des Sciences Naturelles, 

 1836, torn. V. Botanique, p. 263. tafel ix. x. a, xi. ; Jen- 

 ner, in Flora Tonbridgensis, p. 196. CI. Ehr enter gii 

 Menegh., Synops. Desmid. CI. Lunula Ehr., Die Infus. 

 t. V. f. 2. 



Hah. Several places in Sussex : Mr. Jenner. Chesliunt : 

 A. H. H. 



This species might readily be confounded with the next, 

 CI. moniliferu7n, in which the reproductive granules are in a 

 single series, and not scattered as in CI. Ehrenbergii. 



The synonyms given require revision, on account of Ehren- 

 berg having confounded two species. 



2. Closteuium moniliferum Ehr. 



Plate LXXXVII. Fig. 2. 



Char. Frond much curved. Apices thinned and rounded. 

 Granules disposed doicn the middle in a single series. En- 

 Aoq\vlOv:xq fasciated. Bands two or three. 



Vibrio Lunula var. IMiiller, Animalc. Infus. p. 55. taf. 7. 

 fig. 8. 11. 1786. P. planzenthier Gruithuisen, Beitr. 

 ^ Physiognosie a Eautognosie, p. 322. t. ii. fig. 40. Clos- 

 terium Lunula Nitzsch, after Kiitzing, 1817. Lunulina 

 monilifera Bory, Encycloped. Method. 1824 ; Diet. 

 Classique d'Hist. Nat. 1826. Lunidina vulgaris Tur- 

 pin. Diet, des Sciences Naturelles, Planches Vegetaux, 

 i. F. 3. a. rechts, 1828. Closterium Lunula var., Abhandl. 

 der Akademie d. TVissensch. zu Berlin, 1831, p. 68. 

 Closterium lunula Kiitzing, Synopsis Diatomearum, Bot. 

 Zeitsch, Linna3a, v. Schlechtendal, p. 596. t.xviii. fig. 80. 

 1833. Closterium Lunula var. Morren ? Annales des 

 Sc. Nat. Botanique, torn. v. p. 337. planche xi. fig. 42. ; 

 Jenner, in Flora of Tunbridge Wells, p. 196. CI. Lei- 

 blinii INIenegh., loc. cit. 



Hab. Framfield, Hillingly, Reigate, &c. : Mr. Jenner, 

 Chesliunt Common : A. H. H. 



