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CEEAMIACEAE. 



Family 12. CERAMIACEAE. 



1. SPERMOTHAMNION Aresch.; Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 127. 1845. 



Cells of erect filaments mostly 10-20 , in diameter, 3-6 times as long as broad; 

 tetrasporangia on 1-4-celled pedicels ; plants usually grow- 

 ing on Galaxaura. 1. 8. investiens. 

 Cells of erect filaments mostly 20-40 & in diameter, 2-5 times 



as long as broad. 

 Vinaceous-purple or Indian lake, on Codium, manifestly 



repent. 2. 8. fjorgoncum. 



Usually dark vinaceous-brown, under shelving rocks and on 



Jania, Galaxaura, etc., intricate, less manifestly repent. 3. 8. spcluncarum. 

 Cells of erect filaments 40-65 # in diameter, 5-15 times as long 

 as broad; terminal cells clavate, 26-40 w in diameter, walls 

 of all cells 6-14 u thick ; tetrasporangia terminal, often more 



or less corymbose ; plants growing on rocks. 4. S. macromeres. 



Cells of erect filaments 50-115 u, in diameter, 3-7 times as long 

 as broad, their walls 5-40 u thick; terminal cells commonly 

 cylindric, often only 12-15 ^ in diameter, their walls 1-2 u, 

 thick ; tetrasporangia at nodes, solitary or more commonly 

 several and unilaterally glomerate or subverticillate ; plants 

 on or with other algae. 5. 8. gymnocarpum. 



1. Spermothamnion investiens (Crouan) Vickers, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IX. 1: 



64. 1905. 



Callithamnion investiens Crouan; Schramm & Maze, Alg. Guad. 7. 1865 

 [not seen]. 



On Galaxaura flagelliformis, G. siibverticttlata, and G. cowans, and on and with 

 Jania (growing on Sargassum), Great Bahama, Watling's Island, Mariguana, and 

 Caicos Islands : Bermuda to Barbados. Type from Guadeloupe. 



2. Spermothamnion gorgoneum (Mont.) Bornet; Vickers, A*m. Sci. Nat. Bot. 



VIII. 4: 305. 1897. 



Callifhamnion gorgoneum Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. IV. 8: 289. 1857. 



On Codium isthmocladum, Berry Islands : Bermuda to Barbados ; Canary Islands 

 and Cape Verde Islands. Type from island of St. Nicholas, Cape Verde Islands. 



3. Spermothamnion speluncarum ('Collins & Hervey) M. A. Howe, comb. nov. 



Ehodo.cTiorton speluncarum Collins & Hervey, Proc. Am. Acacl. 53: 14>8. 

 1917. 



Variable in length of cells and thickness of the cell-walls; cells mostly 2-4 

 times as long as broad, but occasionally as much as 8 times; cell-walls usually 

 3-6 At thick, but ranging up to 12 /u, thick ; tetrasporangia occurring mostly on 

 the lower part of the main erect filaments, solitary or rarely two (opposite) on a 

 segment, ellipsoid or subglobose, 52-65 p in maximum diameter, subsecund, 

 sessile or on 1- or 2-celled pedicels; antheridial stands terminal, short-cylindric 

 or ovoid-ellipsoid, about 40 /u, X 20-28 /n. Erect filaments sometimes tortuous 

 and intricate, forming intertangled cushions. Related to the North-European 

 S. roseolum (Ag.) Pringsh., especially to the form occasional in herbaria under 

 the name Callitha.mnion repens Lyngb., but filaments more intricate and flexuous, 

 more slender (commonly 22-39 At, vs. 35-55 p}, cells shorter (usually 2-4 times 

 vs. 38 times as long as broad), more often dolioform, and more often collabent. 



Under shelving rocks and on various algae (Chamacdoris, Galaxaura, Jania, etc.) 

 and on sponges, in shaded situations, near low-water mark, Rose Island, Great Ba- 

 hama, North Cat Cay, Mariguana, and Great Ragged Island : Bermuda. Type (ster- 

 ile) from Bermuda. 



4. Spermothamnion macromeres Collins & Hervey, Proc. Am. Acad. 53: 132. 



1907. 



On surf-beaten, sand-covered rocks at low-water mark, Berry Islands : Bermuda. 

 Type from Bermuda. 



