﻿CYCLOSTOMATOUS 
  BEYOZOA 
  CANU 
  AND 
  BASSLEB 
  

  

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  Genotype. 
  — 
  Chartecytis 
  compressa, 
  new 
  species, 
  Neocomian. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  family 
  Cytisidae 
  zoarial 
  forms 
  with 
  compressed 
  fronds 
  have 
  

   not 
  yet 
  been 
  noted. 
  This 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  very 
  regular 
  pe- 
  

   ripheral 
  gemmation; 
  moreover, 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  have 
  

   the 
  aspect 
  of 
  Heteropora. 
  

  

  CHARTECYTIS 
  COMPRESSA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Plate 
  7, 
  figs. 
  8-12 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  The 
  zoarium 
  is 
  free, 
  branching, 
  with 
  compressed 
  

   fronds. 
  The 
  orifices 
  are 
  elongated 
  slitlike 
  areas, 
  lozenge-shaped, 
  

   irregular, 
  arranged 
  in 
  quincunx, 
  without 
  peristome. 
  The 
  ovicell 
  is 
  

   orbicular 
  or 
  elliptical, 
  elongate 
  or 
  transverse, 
  smooth, 
  very 
  salient, 
  

   limited, 
  and 
  placed 
  on- 
  the 
  dorsal 
  of 
  the 
  inferior 
  tubes. 
  

  

  