THE AMATEUR^S SYNOPSIS. 



XXX i 



Membranaceous or Gelatinous, 



Long, loose-feeling, slimy; branching irregular; very thick 



and clumsy, or very slender ..... 

 Bag-like, of every width from a hog's bristle to six 



inches; speckled with dots; tips blunt . 

 Stem undivided; branches simple; bearing green-crested 



seed-pods ........ 



Stem undivided, or slightly forked; branches long; 



simple; clothed with fine colourless fibres 

 Stem and branches tapering to each end; opposite; 



marked by rings (ivJiorJs) of dots .... 

 Irregularly divided or branched; speckled with fruit- warts 

 Stems profusely and repeatedly rebranched; branches 



alternate ........ 



Stems profusely and repeatedly rebranched; branches 



opposite ........ 



Very short tufts; threads unbranched; clothed with 



colourless fibres ....... 



clothed with Jointed BimQhlQteens, 



Soft; branches distant; mostly opposite; hrsLnchleteens 

 bright green, hair-like; set in rings (^whorls) 



Iligid; dull olive or brown; branchletee/25 short, curved; 

 in rings {whorls) ....... 



contracted at intervals. 



Stems unbranched; contractions inflated; of irregular 

 lengths ........ 



Large, bag-like; contractions inflated; of irregular 

 lengths; speckled with dots 



jointed. 



Branches delicately plumed like feathers; main stems 

 opaque ........ 



Branches delicately plumed like feathers; jointed 

 throughout ........ 



Undivided stems clothed with branchlets tipped by 

 colourless fibres ....... 



Slender, thread-like tufts; profusely and variously branched 

 „ very short tufts; threads unbranched; parasitic 



INCRUSTATIONS or PATCHES, 

 dark brown. 



Leathery, skin-like, closely adhering, often rough with 

 fruit-warts ........ 



Fleshy, convex, smooth ...... 



Minute, parasitic, forming thin stains or convex dots 



IBBEGULAB or DEFINED LUMPS. 



Fleshy, irregularly round, in potatoe-like clusters, or 

 rarely minute; parasitic ..... 

 Tough, leathery, fungus-like, sending up long, strap-like, 

 slimy, fruit-receptacles 



Genus. Fam. 



Mesogloia V 



ASPEIIOCOCCUS IV 



Sporochnus II 



Ckordaria V 



Steiaria IV 

 Stilophora IV 



DiCTYOSIPIION IV 



Desmarestia II 

 Wyattia IV 



Arthroclabia II 

 CladostephusVI 



Chorda V 



ASPEROCOCCUS IV 

 ClKETOPTERIS VI 



Sphacelaria VI 



MyriotriciiiaVI 

 ectocarpus vi 

 Elackista V 



Ralesia 



Leatiiesia 



Myrio^^ema 



Leatkesia V 



lIlMANTHALIA I 



