OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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Gracilaria lichenoides (L.) Harvey. 
Fronds from a radical plexus, caespitose, ascending, rather stiff, terete, 
vaguely profusely branching, branches elongate, gradually attenuate ; 
ramuli acuminate, often divaricately forked. Cystocarps densely aggregated 
on a ramulus. Height 15 cm. to 25 cm. Colour purplish. 
Australia, Ceylon, Java. 
Fig. 55 . — Gracilaria lichenoides. 
