S5^ SPOROCHNUS. 



rum apicibu« insident, minutissima, frondi concolo» 

 ria, piUiformia, cava decidua, Color caulis nigri». 

 cani, raraorum olivaceus diaphanus. Substantia co- 

 aciacjo-cartilaginea» 



^. Sforochnus cabrera, caule ramisque pla«» 

 nis dichotomis inermibus, recepiatulis ei- 

 liptlcis sessilibus terminalibus» 



Fi^cus Gabrera, Clemente Ens. p. 5.I3» —>» 

 Turn. Hist. t» 140. 



Circa Gades, unde specimina misit Cabrera. 



Radix constituta e fibris densissime impiexis, 

 confervojdsis , lutescentibus , ramosis , articulatis 

 (articulis diametro 3 — 4-plo longioribus) ; qaa 

 anassa stuposa etiam stipitisv partem inferiorem pro- 

 repit, vilioque densis imo investit & interdum 

 in axillis inferibrjbas iterum apparet. Frons spi- 

 tham^a, inferne teres, qujsi stipitiformis , pen- 

 Tiv anserinee crassitie, mox plana fit, fastigiata, di- 

 chotuma, segmentis semiiine£e latitudineni totis 

 servsjntihus , integerrimis. Recsptaciila terminalia, 

 fere fungtformia, elliptica, vix Jineam longa, con- 

 stituta e fibris m^-nu^issimis, .inter quas nidulantuc 

 semina? lanceolata vel clavata, subpedicellata, oli- 

 T<'Cea. Color Tieriide viridis, pellucidus; exsiccatae 

 fusresrens. Substaniia membranBCeo-eartilaginea. 



Etsi rarrificatio dichotoma a ceteris non parunj 

 aberr*it, hujus tamen esse generis non tanturn fru- 

 ctut conformatio suadet, verum etiam subftantia, 

 & r dix omnino sirnilis Sporochno Gsertneree. 



Jo. SpoRocHNrs RHizoDFS, fronde vage rancio- 

 fcB undique tornloso-rugosa, 

 Conferva gracilis, Wulf. Crypt. Aq. n. 23.? 

 C era m i um tubere ulos um, Roth, Cat. Ilf» 



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