CHONDPJA. 36i 



2lt Chondria iiamulosa, fronde filifortni at- 

 tenuata ramosissima ]axe vestita rarnen« 

 tis divaricaiis subulatis bi-trifurcis. 



F u c u s h a m u 1 o s u s, Esp. Fuc, t. 8g. pesslme. — 

 Turn. Hist. t. 79. 



Inter corallia ad litora IndiaD orientalls, sec. Esper. 

 — In niari Allantico, ad Brasiliam; Chamisso. 

 Ind. occident ; Mert. — In mari rubro ; Turn. 

 — . Ad Alexandriam, sec. Delile in fl. Ae^. (?) 



Specimina dederunt Mertens & Aspegi'e'n. 



Frons teretiuscula vel leviter compressa, paU 

 maris, filiformis, basi penna passerina duplo tenuior, 

 versus apicem attenuata, lamosissima, (ramis implexis, 

 patentibus, majoribus minoribiisque mixtis), laxe ve- 

 stita raiiicntis lineam-sesquiiineam longis, bi-trifurcis, 

 acutis, divaricatis, in fructuni intumesccntibus siliquae- 

 formem, lanceolatum , scminibus immersis, sparsis, 

 oblongis, angulatis. Color miniatus, in roseum trans- 

 iens. Substantia membranacea, succosa, tenerrima, 

 flexilis. 



Sphaerococco musciformi similis, sed 

 tenuitate, ramis divaricatis & fructu longe diversus. 

 Ipse fructum non vidi, sed ex icone Turneri cum hoc 

 genere aperte convenit. 



4» TribuT Chondrios acnnthophora. 



Frons Jiliformis, atteniiata, spinulosa» 



22» Chondria muscoides, fronde filiformi bi- 

 pinnata spinulosa^ spinulis simplicibus 

 creberrimis. 



Fucus muscoides, Linn. Sp. pl. II. p. i63o. 



In mari Atlantico australi, ad insulam adscensio- 

 nis, fOsbeck) & ad Brasiliara. 



