SPH^ROCOCCUS. S17 



Sphaerococco aciculari praeter fructum 

 affinis, 



76. SpH/F.Roeoccus piLULiFER, fronde cartila- 

 ginea compressa filiformi, ramis disti- 

 chis^ iiUimis setaceis spiniformibusque, 

 capsulis sphsericis juxta apices sessilibus, 



F u c u s p i 1 u I i f e r, Turn. Hist. t. 336. 



Fn freto Nootka detexit Mentzies. 



Frons semipedalis & ultra, inferne tercs, pctinae- 

 que Merulinae fere crassitie, inde compressa, atque 

 apicem versus omnino plana, ubique tamcn filiformis, 

 sensim attenuata, Rami alterni, distichi, rariae lon- 

 gitudinis, pluries pinnati, pinnis irregularibus, pinnu- 

 Jis tennissimis, aculeiformibus. Capsiilce sphaericse, atra?, 

 papaveris semine majores', juxta apiccs pinnularum 

 sessiles, solitariae. Semina oblonga, angulata, dilutc 

 puTpurascentia, in muco pellucido congesta. Color ex^ 

 siccatcE fusco-nigricans, Substantia cartilaginea flexi- 

 lis, exsiccatce fragilis. 



Mihi ignota . species. 



77» Sph^rococcus DiFriciLJS, fronde filifortiii 

 tereti ramosissima comoso-fastigiata, ra- 

 mis ramulisque sensim attenuatis, cap- 

 sulis hemispheericis semiamplexicaulibus. 



Ad oras Brasilise. 



Specimina dedit Chamisso. 



Radix fibrosa. Frondcs aggregatac, fiIiform««, 

 teretcs, palmares vel.spithamsec-e. Caulis basi vix pen- 

 nae corvinae crassitie, sensim attenuatus, infra simpli- 

 ciusculns, e medio imprimis in ramos solutus. Ra?m 

 homogenei ; inferiores simpliciusculi, subspinifor- 

 mcs ; cetcri ramosissimi, sensim attcnuati ; ultirai 



subu- 



