174 THE MARINE BOTANIST. 



Hypnea, ^' Frond filiform, irregularly branched, 

 traversed by a fibro-cellular axis." 



STENOGRAMME. 



Name meaning a narrow line, in allusion to the linear 

 fructification. 



" Frond rose-red, leaf-like, nerveless, laciniate, 

 cellular- the central cells large, transparent, in 

 several rows ; those next the surface, minute, 

 coloured, closely packed. Fructification : 1. 

 linear, convex, longitudinal (nervelike), concep- 

 tacles, containing a dense mass of minute spores." 

 Hare, ; 2. tetraspores very minute, densely 

 packed together, tripartite (?), contained in oval, 

 opaque dark-coloured spots {sort) scattered over 

 the frond. 



STENOGEAMME INTERRUPTA.— RIB- 

 FRUITED STENOGRAMME. 



Root a small round disk, not larger than a pin's 



