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| pieae. (Oaulinia spinulosa R. Br.), ad litora Zeylaniae ('Thwai- 
tes En. pl. Zeyl. p. 332), in sinu arabieo frequentissime a 
Mocha (Forsk) usque ad Sues (Délile, W. Schimper un. it. 
1837. no. 1001! Kotschy iter syriacum 1855. pl. ex Aegypto 
no. 412! G. v. Frauenfeld!). Flores et fruetus ignoti. 
16. Halophila ovalis (R.Dr.) Hook. fil. 
Caulinia? ovalis RB. Br. prodr. tl. Novae Holl. p. 339.17). 
Kernera? ovalis Schult. syst. veg. VH. p. 170. 
FHalophila ovata Gaudichaud |. c. Aschs. Sitzungsber. 
der Ges. naturf. Freunde 15. Jan. 1867. 
Barkania punctata Ehrb. et Hempr. mss., symbolae 
phys. bot. tab. V. I. ined. 
Halophila madagascariensis Steud, nomenel. bot. 
Halophila Kotschyana Fenzl mss.! apud Zanardini 1. e. 
Halophila ovalis „Gaud.“ Hook. fil. Fi. Tasmaniae l. c. 
Habitat in Oceano indico ad oras peninsulae Indiae cite- 
rioris (Griffith, Drew, Gaudichaud in herb, Kunth!) in sinu 
persico ad Buschir (Kotsehy in hb. Vind.!) et arabieo a Ho- 
deida (Portier in hb. Montagne ex Irmisch usque ad Sues 
(G. v. Frauenfeld!), in archipelago Indico ad oras insularum 
Riouw (Miquel Fl. v. Ned. Ind. Suppl. I. p. 41), Sumbavae, 
Flores (Zollinger), Celebes (Miquel in hb. Lenormand!), Ti- 
mor (Gaudichaud, E. v. Martens!), ad litora Novae Hollan- 
diae tropicae (R.Brown) et meridionalis (Adelaide F. Müller!), 
in freto Bassiano (Gunn!), in Oceano pacifico ad litora insu- 
larum Mariannae (Gaudichaud!) et Novae Galedoniae (Vieil- 
lard no. 1368. Hb. Lenormand!) Floret Aprili (Schwein- 
furth!). Fructifera ? | 
Variat: 
a) ovata Gandich. l. ec. (species). 
Foliorum frondosorum lamina ovali-elliptica, 0,010 — 
0,015'm, longa, obtusa, basi plus minus attenuata. 
