CONFERVA FLACCA. 



C. filamentis fimplicibus tenuiffimis minutisflaccidis; diflepimemis pcllu- 

 cidis; articulis breviffimis. 



In the Sea, adhering to Fuci and Conferva;. 



THIS delicate parafite has at prefent been only obferved in the neighbourhood 

 of Swanfea, but is mod probably not uncommon elfewhere : it is found on Con- 

 ferva, on the fmaller Fuci, and alfo fometimes on the fides of boats or other wood 

 expofed to the fea water. It grows in loofe patches of a green colour, generally 

 about half or three fourths of an inch in length. The filaments are almoft 

 univerfally, if not always, fimple : among a great number which I have examined 

 only one could be found with any appearance of ramification, and in this it is very 

 possible I may have been deceived, as I could never find another. The diflepi- 

 ments are pellucid : the joints in length but little more than half their thicknefs. 

 No fructification has been difcovered. There is no chance of its being confounded 

 with any other fpecies with which I am acquainted : the much greater length of 

 its filaments, and different mode of growth, will, at once, diftinguifh it from C. 

 confervicola. 



In drying it adheres firmly to glafs and paper. 



A. C. flacca, natural fize. 



B. Ditto magnified i. 



