AUCTORE J. ZANARDINIO iS^ 



Genus LXXIV. LITIIOPHYLLUM Philip. 



Slirps calcarea rigicla ex expansionibus foliaccis constans. Fhilip. 

 in ff^ieginann Arcli'iv. Ser. III. Toin. I. iSS-y, p.'ZS'j . 



Sti^uctura: frons e filis elongalis obtusis articulalis in seriebns ver- 

 ticalibus paralleliter slipalis conslituta, papillis serius poro pertusis 

 consf)ersa in quibus fiuclus degunt. 



Cf. Tab. I. f]g. 3. a. b. 



Obs. Amicus Nardo (in Isid. i834- p- 6^5) primus omnium sub 

 nomine Agardhinae stirpem inter Corallia perperam annumei'atam ad 

 Algas amandavit. Nomen tamen posterius a Philippi 1. c. inditum prae- 

 ponendum est, ex eo qiiod genus Jgardhiae hoc tempore inter pha- 

 nerogamas locum obliiieat. 



i. LiTHOPHYLLUM INCRUSTANS. Philip. 



L. crusta crassa rufo-alhida corpora aliéna incrustans , margirie in- 

 tégra vix lobata. Philippi 1. c. n." i. <•■ 



Tab I. Og. 3. 



C0RA.LL0 RCPiso. Ginnan. Op. post. i. p. 7. tab. i. fig. 2. 

 LicHENOiDE varieta'. Ginnati. 1. c. p. 11. tab. 4- ûg- "• major ei minor. 

 MiLLEPoRA cor.iACEA ct POLÏMOBPHA. Oliv. Zool. Adi'. p. 224- Murt. Rcjse etc. Faun. Ven. 

 Polyp. p. 533. 



AcARDHiNA PROTOTïPA. Nai'd. io Isid. i834. p. 6^5. 



la rupibus et corpoiibus submarinis frequens. 



Frondes cxnistaceae, tenues, agariciformes, horizontales, semicircu- 

 lares superimpositae, inaequales, mille modis flexae e filis articulalis 



dense stipatis constilutae. Fila verticalia diam. — r, lin. articulis dia- 

 ^ io5 



métro 2-3-plo longioribus. Color plus loinusve rubescens , senio in 



viridem ct album vergens. Substantia intima carlilagineo-gelalinosa , 



externe calcarea. 



