THE AMATEUR'S SYNOPSIS. 



FLAT. 



OLIVE SEA-WEEDS. (Melanosperms.) 



with a Midrib. 



Leathery; slimy. 



Narrow; branched in a forked manner; air-vessels, infla- 

 tions in the frond ....... 



Memhranaceoiis. 



Narrow; forked; marked by dots (when in fruit) . 

 Long; narrow (in proportion) ; leaf-like; stalked . 



without a midrib. 



Leathery; slimy. 



Broad expansions; spreading from thick stalks; variously 

 slit 



Membranaceous. 



Long; narrow (in proportion); ribbon-like; stalked 

 „ „ „ tubular, though com- 



pressed; surface speckled with dots 



Leaf- like, tapering to the base; „ 



Fan-shaped, or circular; margins curled; marked by 

 concentric lines ....... 



Fan-shaped, or circular; margins ^i?^; marked by con- 

 centric lines, but the lines obscure 



Spreading fan- wise; irregularly slit; tips bluntly cut; 

 marked by both lines and dots .... 



Much and irregularly slit; tips torn, pointed; speckled 

 with dots 



Narrow; forked throughout; root woolly 



Leaf-like stem and branches, tapering to each end; 

 branches opposite ....... 



Very narrow; irregularly forked; young shoots springing 

 from blunt tips ....... 



Extremely narrow stems and branches (thread-like); 

 thorny; or fringed with bright green tufts 



CYLINDRICAL {thread-shaped). 

 unjointed. 



Tough; leathery. 



Thick, long, slimy, unbranched; tapering to each end 

 Shrub-like stems and branches; bearing narrow mid-ribbed 

 leaves and berry-like air-vessels .... 

 „ „ „ flattened; narrow; at one 



level throughout; air-vessels pod-like 

 „ „ „ flattened; growing all ways; 



very bushy; air-vessels oval inflations 

 Thick, sometimes flattened stems; forked; air-vessels large 

 oval inflations ....... 



Genus. Fam. 



Ffcus I 



Haliseris IV 

 Alaeia III 



LAMmAEIA III 



Laminaeia III 



ASPEEOCOCCUS IV 

 PUNCTAEIA IV 



PADmA 

 ZONAEIA 



Taonia 

 cutleeia 



DiCTTOTA 



IV 



IV 



IV 



IV 

 IV 



Desmaeestia II 

 Caepomitea II 

 Desmaeestia II 



Chorda 



Saegasstjm 



Halidets 



Cystoseiea 



fucoditjm 



