SPH.EROCOCCUS. 117 



Fr9>}S spllliainyea <^ ultra, peniirX- corvina; cra^- 

 sitic, aeqnalis, mullotics (jichotoma, fastigiata, tluque- 

 tra, &: trif\iriam obsita dentimlis imbric^tis, vii li- 

 ncam lotv^is, ])alnlis, leniter incurvis, bifidis ; miTcroni- 

 bus subulatis subarticulatis. Frucfus: receptacula fili- 

 forriiia, in axillis denticulorum, csespitosa, c seminibus ? 

 imujersis. ^lobosis torulosa. Color rufofuscus, marce" 

 sceniis albidus. Substantia cartiiaginca flexilis. 



5? Thamnofhora seaforthio fronde lineari 

 bipinnaiifida, pinnulis rnultifido-capilla- 

 ribus, 



F u c u s S e a f o r t h i i, Turn. hist. t. 1 20. 



In mari Atlantico, ad oras Indiae oCcidentalis & 

 Brasiline. 



Specimina communicavit Mertens. 



Radtx callus exiguus. Frous plana, enervis, spi- 

 tliamaea vel minor, 4 lineas iata, linearis, vage dicho- 

 toma, seguientis bipinnatifidis. ^^fgawmtuni lineara 

 laturo, inferne saepe crassiusculum, fere cartilagine- 

 um & couipressum, superne membranaceum, irans- 

 verse striatnm, striis approximatis parallelis, & ita 

 fere articulatum. Pinncs 2 lineas Jongae, tenues, su- 

 bulatoc, emittentes.pinnulas brevissimas capillares mul- 

 tifidas qua.-.i barbalas, dentibus articuiatis. Fritctus 

 ignoius. Color purpureus. Substantia variat, interdum 

 omnino membranacea, &: tunc frons tiansversira insig- 

 niter vtriala, .interdum jugamento fere cartilagineo, 

 pinnulis tantum mciiibraniiceis. 



XXII. SPH^ROCOCCUS. 



Crar. essent. Fruclus unifornnis: capsu- 

 lae glom^rulum seminum ininutissimoruin 

 sphaericum inciudentes. 



Chir. >iATijfxALis Radix scutulata. Frans varie 

 formata H^ habitu masime discrepans, nunc dichoto- 



ma. 



