CHONDRUS. 468 



Chondrus crispus (L.) Stackh. 



Synonymy and Literature : 



Harvey, W. H., Phycologia Britannica, 1846-1851. 



Synopsis 197 (plate 63). A full account of the 



Synonymy will be found here. 

 Hauck, F., Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Oester- 



reichs, 1885, p. 134. 



Illustrations : 



Harvey, loc. cit., pJate 63 (Syn. 197) : general habit of a 

 broad and a narrow form ; transverse and longitu- 

 dinal sections of the stem ; general view and section 

 of nemathecia. 



Hauck, loc. cit. p. 134, fig. 53 : habit of plant with 

 cystocarpia and nemathecia, with sections of both. 



Murray, Gr., Introduction 'to the study of seaweeds. 1895. 

 Plate YL, fig. 3. 



Wille, N., Entwickelungsgeschichte der physiologischen 

 Gewebesysteme bei einigen Florideen. 1887. 

 Nov. Act. Leop. -Carol. Vol. 52, n. 2. Plate YII. 

 fig. 70, 71. Anatomical details. 



Exsiccata : 



Nearly every published collection. of dried marine algae 

 contains specimens of this species, so that it is 

 unnecessary to quote here a lengthy list". 



Remarks. — The Synonjany of Chondrus crispus is very 

 straightforward. Harvey refers to certain repro- 

 ductive organs, which he calls " prominent tubercles 

 (nemathecia)," and which are certainly not 

 nemathecia in our sense. Nothing in Chondrus 

 crispus, in fact, corresponds to these prominent 

 tubercles. Murrajr refers to the spermatia as 

 pollinoids. I see no reason why the term sperma- 

 tium should be replaced by pollinoid, especially as 



