Chamaesiphon portoricensis N.L.Gardner

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Puerto Rico

• Locality

  in a pool about 4 km north of Mayaguez

• Coordinates

  18.24, -67.1454

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTAMCAL )

-£a h DtJi;

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND	NEW YOR ft

FRESH-WATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO BOTANICAL
COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE	GARDE Fit.

COAMO SPRINGS JANUARY	1915

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

00937898

GouHt.

(Tyt^ <^tnX^r^cs^x^<3 6nu»<C^ ^

Determined by Francis Drouet

xiI ilYY

f	Li<VW^L <yvfi mi

Q>. ^ Dm^s

Determined by Francis Drouet and William A. Daily

Chamaesiphon portoricensis sp. nov.

Plate 7, figure 61

^ Filaments cylindrical, rounded at the outer end, 6-8 n long,
2.3-2.5 n diam., mostly solitary; contents of cells pale aerugi-
nous; walls of gonidangia very thin and evanescent.

Growing on filamentous green algae, in a ditch by Hot
Springs, Coamo Springs, no. 396, type; about four kilometers
north of Mayagiiez, no. 1323 x.

The size and shape of this species would seem to relate it to
Chamaesiphon minimus Schmidle. It is nearly twice as large in
all of its dimensions.

5Wt, r 33ha?

61. Chamaesiphon portoricensis

A group of plants representing different ages........... x 1,000

by Francis Drouet

XII iHH-f

MAYAGUEZ

FEBRUARY

Dvr &. QevJL-i

wss

Determined by Francis Drouet and William A. Daily

no J3&3 ft

lN

NEW YORK
BOTANICAL
G. *5EH

é^t_y

/0 / /

/3&3

a;	a

00953501

0 1	2 3 4	5 6 7 8 9 10	i/Tpy/ivm]  The New York
cm		copyright reserved	Botanical Garden

00937898

00953501