SPHEROCOCCUS. nlt 



i, Tribus Spharococci rubentif. 



Suhcostatcs, nmibranacece » piirpureo-roTSiX, 

 pleriimqtie proUferce^ 



1. Sph>£Rococcus lactuca, caule filiiormi di- 

 chi)tomo^ raniis alalis in jamines ovatas 

 niembranaceas cri^patas obeuntibus» 



P a 1 m e 1 1 a iii aiina, nvero Fuco ramoso 

 mem branoso, co n fog lie 1 ar ghe e nella 

 sommita ritonde, Ginn. op. Post. I. p. 20* 

 t. ig. f. 37. bene. 



Fucus palmetta, Gmel. Fue. p. i83. t. 22. f. 



3. & t. 23. 

 Fncus lomation, Berlol. Amoen. It. p. 289. t. 



In mari Adriatico, Mediterraneo 5 Atlantico ad 

 Gades. 



Speclmina communicavcrunt Cabrera^ Hcredia; EI- 

 genstjerna, Bertoloni. 



Bcidix scutiformis, callosa. Frons 2-3unciaIis, 

 circumfeientia, ovata vel subieniformi. Caiilis filiior- 

 mis, basl crassitie pennse anatinse, riiox ramosus, atte- 

 nuatus, & fit in ramls complanatus alatusque, tan- 

 dem evanescens in laminam plerumque subreniformrm 

 & multipartitam, interdum ovatam, semper volnbili- 

 crispataur, & margiue eroso-dentatam. Frucfus igno^ 

 tus. Color recentis purpurascenti-roseus, exsiccatce 

 plerumqne e viridi & purpuieo variegatus. Substan- 

 iia tenuissima, membranacea, fere diaphana, stipitis 

 crassa cartilaginea. 



Icon Ginnanni, ab Espero quldem sub Fuco 

 palmctta, & Gmelini a Turnero ad S p h. mcm- 

 branifolium citata, ad neatrara pcrtinet, sed ad 

 hanc nostram plantam maris Mediterranei non infie- 

 quentem referenda mihi indubie visa est.^ S^ecundum 

 dcicriptioiiem 6c synonyma allata 6c tandem speci*- 



mina 



