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Chondria lanceolata Harvey. 
Fronds pyramidal, ramnli irregularly virgate ; ramelli very widely 
spreading, fusiform, tufted at the ' ends. Stichidia above, pedicellate, 
elavate-cylindrical, depressed, in accuminate tufts, carrying tetraspores in 
the depressions in long rows. Cystocarps laterally in the ramelli, shortly 
pedicellate, almost globose. 
Western Australia (Rottnest Island). 
Fig. 117. — Chondria lanceolata : a, a tetrasporic 
plant; b, a cystocarpic plant; c, 
ramuli, bearing cystocarps; d, a 
cluster of spores, from the same; e, 
ramuli, bearing tetraspores; f, a 
tetraspore. (After Harvey.) 
Chondria arborescens J. Agardh. 
Frond robust, stem below almost naked ; the ramuli and ramelli are often 
in pairs and almost cylindrical. Stichidia very long, fusiform and exceed- 
ingly tufted, carrying tetrasporangia at the base in the young plants ; in the 
fully grown plant, the tetrasporangia are carried in long rows. Cystocarps 
pedicellate, very scattered on the ramelli, ovate-globose. Colour dark-red, 
drying nearly black. 
Victoria (Port Phillip). 
