124 RHODYMENIACEAE 
Family RHODYMENIACEAE 
А Grev. Alg. Brit. xlviii, 84. 1830 
[As Rhodomenia] 
Palmaria Stackh. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 2: 54, 69. 
1809. Not Palmaria Stackh. Ner. Brit. xxxii. 1801. Not 
. Palmaria Web. & Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. 1: 300. 1805. 
RHODYMENIA FLABELLIFOLIA (Bory) Mont. Voy. Bonite, 
Bot. Crypt. 105. 1846 3j 
Sphaerococcus flabellifolius Bory, Voy. Coquille, Bot. Crypt. 174. | 
pi. 77. :: 1828. 
“Та the surf, common," Lobos de Tierra, Арг. 2, 1907, Coker 
148 (PLATE 49); "taken from the stomach of a green turtle," 
Lobos de Afuera, March 25, 1907, Coker 146 p.p. тах.; “dredged | 
in about 5 fathoms,” Вау of Sechura, Apr. 8, 1907, Coker 157 Р.Р-; 
"taken from a net fished in 1—3 fathoms, purplish," Ballestas 
Islands, region of Pisco, Coker 476. | 
The mature specimens obtained by Dr. Coker attain a height | 
of 25-30 cm. No. 478 is rather sparingly cystocarpic; cystocarps ` 
subglobose or hemispheric, 0.66-0.83 mm. in diameter, obtusely 
subapiculate or with a sort of crown 0.16-0.32 mm. high and 0.32 
mm. broad. 
The original specimen of R. flabellifolia was collected at Con- 
cepcion, Chile, by d’Urville in 1823. The species has been report 
from Peru by Montagne (loc. cit.) and by Piccone (Alg. Vettor 
Pisani 63. 1886). 4 
PLATE 49. Rhodymenia flabellifolia 
Photograph of a sterile specimen (Coker 148—from liquid preservative), reduced 
to a little less than two fifths of the natural dimensions. ; 
RHODYMENIA CORALLINA (Bory) Grev. Аш. Brit. xlviii. 
1830 
Sphaerococcus Palmetta, е australis Ag. Sp. Alg. 1: 246. 1822. 
Sphaerococcus corallinus Bory, Voy. Coquille, Bot. Crypt. 175: pl. 
16. 1828. 
?Sphaerococcus palmettoides Bory, loc. cit. 173. 
In beach drift, La Punta, region of Callao, Jan. 25, 1907, Coker | 
29 (PLATE 50); also 30 p.p. (cystocarpic, PLATE 51) and 31,5ате ` 
