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incurved, subdentate ; pinnae short, monosiphonous, pinnate, subcorymbose, 
with tetraspores scattered at the apices. Tetrasporangia on the outer side 
of the pinnellae opposite the denticulations, and arranged in irregular rows 
amongst the pinnellae. Colour red or purplish. Substance cartilaginous. 
South Australia (Encounter Bay, Eastern Bays), West Australia, 
Tasmania. 
Euptiloia J eannerettii (Harv.) Schmitz. 
= PtUota J eannerettii Harvey. 
Frond irregularly pinnate-decompound or subcorymbose-paniculate ; 
rachis two-edged, piano-compressed; branches alternate or scattered, 
unequal, erecto-patent ; pinnules corticate, pectinate, unequal, acute, the 
uppermost frequently pinnellate. Favellae with an involucre of articu- 
lated, monosiphonous ramelli. Tetrasporangia corymbose-paniculate, 
terminating one-tubed, articulate ramelli. 
Attachment a small disc. Frond 25 cm. long and as much in the 
expansion of the branches. Stem and branches strongly compressed ; main 
branches irregularly inserted ; secondary branches more regularly pinnate, 
Fig. 166 . — Euptilota J eannerettii: a, plant; b, apex 
of a ramulus, witn faveilae; c, portion 
of one of the tufted ramelli, with tetra- 
spores; d, apex with tufts bearing 
tetraspores; e, a favella and two of its 
involucral ramuli. (After Harvey.) 
