. Botanisk tidsskrift. Botany; Plants; Plants. — 260 — On examining my large material of this interesting plant I have arrived at the result that, even if it is in several regards nearly related to Valonia, it nevertheless shows important differ- ences approaching it to several other genera e. g. Apjohnia, Sipho- nocladus etc., for which reason I think it most suitable to consider it as representing a new genus. Before pointing out the ways in which it shows likeness with and differences from the above-mentioned genera, I shall give a description of the plant. As is the case with so many relat
. Botanisk tidsskrift. Botany; Plants; Plants. — 260 — On examining my large material of this interesting plant I have arrived at the result that, even if it is in several regards nearly related to Valonia, it nevertheless shows important differ- ences approaching it to several other genera e. g. Apjohnia, Sipho- nocladus etc., for which reason I think it most suitable to consider it as representing a new genus. Before pointing out the ways in which it shows likeness with and differences from the above-mentioned genera, I shall give a description of the plant. As is the case with so many related sometimes even a little swollen, uppermost end the clavate stalk bears a bundle of branches up to a dozen or more (fig. 10). These branches are quite like the mother-cell, clavate, thinnest at their base. Here, in any case when they grow older, we find a single swelling (fig. \\.b,c). The branches are separated by an often somewhat concave wall from the mother cell. In their upper end these branches again are ramified quite in the same way and this very regular ramification takes place several times, with the result that the plant gets a nice candelabrum-like appearance (fig. 10).. forms our plant when young consists of a single clavate cell forming the basal stalk of the older plant. This at its base is fixed to the ground by irregularly rami- fied and septated rhizoids (fig. 11 a). The wall of the Fig. 10. Ernodesmis verticillata (Kütz.). Part of a plant. About 4:1. cells in the rhizoids is thick and much starch is found in the cells. Also the wall in the stalk itself, in any case in older plants, is rather thick in its lower part and here some annular corrugations occur, most strongly developed lower- most (fig. 11 a), leaving only a small passage open in the middle of the cell. In its broadly rounded,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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