The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

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NitophyUum.] ALG/E INARTICULATE. 287
roundish outline extremely thin quite veinless cleft almost to
the base, the segments repeatedly divided in a manner more or
less between palmate and dichotomous mostly linear obtuse at
the ends, spots of granules in the segments. Greu. Crypt. Fl.
t. 347, Alg. Brit. p. 78. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 1. p. 187. Fucus ocellatus
and F. granateus, Lamour.
Bantry Bay, Miss Hutchins; shores of Moray-shire, Mr. Brodie
{Grev.). Torbay, Budleigh, Harbrech and Elberrey Cove, Mrs.
Griffiths. 0. Summer.—4— 5 inches in length, of a very delicate
rose-pink.
2. N. pimctdtum, Grev. (dotted Nitophylluni); frond very thin
quite destitute in every part of veins vaguely cleft for half its
length or more into segments which become narrower as they
subdivide, spots of grannies scattered all over the frond. Grev.
Alg. Brit. p. 79. t. 12. (excl, the syn. of F. ulvoides, Turn.)
Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 1. p. 186. Fucus jmnctatus, With.— E. Bot.
t. 1575. Turn. Hist. Fact. 71.— Uha punctata, Stachh.
In the sea, attached to various Algae. Weymouth, Stackhousc.
Cornwall, DiUwyn. Caithness and Orkney, Borrcr, Clouston and Hook.
Isle of Bute, Dr. Grevillt. Appin, Capt. Carmichacl. Belfast, Dr.
Drummond. Miltown Malbay, Ireland, rare, Mr. Harvey. 0.
Summer.—This is surely very nearly allied to N.ocellatum; indeed I
can hardly distinguish, even fructified specimens, except by the more
generally diffused spots of seeds in the present species.
3. N. ulvoideum, (Ulva-Iihe Nitophylhnn); frond thickish but
tender veinless roundish but very irregular in figure somewhat
cuneate at the base variously cleft into oblong more or less
broad segments rounded at the extremity, spots of granules
small scattered over nearly the whole frond. Fucus ulvoides,
Tarn. Hist. Fuc. t. 80. E.Bot. t. 2\3±.—Mlo]>hyllum HiUiee,
Grev. Alg. Brit. p. 80. Delesseria nlri