﻿PLATE III. 

 Microcoelia chilensis J. Ag. 



GIGARTINACE/E. 

 NOM. JAP. Kinu-hada. 



Microccelia chilensis J. Ag. Epicr., p. 227. 一 De Toni Syll. Alg., 

 Vol. IV, p. 290. 一 Callophyllis (Microcoelia) chilensis (J. Ag.) En^l. 

 et Prantl. Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. p. 362. — Okam. Alg. Jap. Exsic, Fas. 

 I, no. 12. 



Frond sessile, fixed to substratum by a marginal disc, often 

 appearing as if umbilicated, broadly expanding- into lobed mem- 

 brane, attaining the height and breadth of 13—20 cm. in our 

 specimens. Margin entire, and slightly . undulated. Cystocarps 

 roundish, 0.5—1.5 mm. in diameter, immersed in the inner layer 

 of frond. Telraspores oblonp-. densely dispersed among cortical 

 layers. Colour coccineous red. Substance very gelatinous mem- 

 brane and the plant firmly adheres to paper in drying. 



Hab. Below low water mark, often growing on the shell 

 of Haliotis giganiea from the depth of 20 fath. Shi ma, Boshu. 

 Fruit August. 



Hit! cey to-known : Chili (Harvey). 



Plate III. Fig. 1 : Young frond in nat. size. — Fig. 2 : frond 

 bearing cystocarps in nat. size. ― Fig. 3 : Portion of frond bearing 

 tetrasporcs, - i Q -. ― t ig. 4 : cross section of frond through a cysto- 

 carp, や. 



