CONFERVA LUBRICA. 



C. filamentis ramofiffimis tenuibus longiffimis fplendenter Iubricis ramis 

 aculeiformibus articulis breviufculis. 



In clear Rivulets on Stones and Wood. At Lounde, near Yarmouth ; and on 

 Sketty Burrows, near Swanfea. 



THIS elegant Conferva, which I firft found fparlngly in a rivulet at LouijJ, 

 near Yarmouth, where my friend D. Turner and myfelf have fince repeatedly 

 looked for it in vain, abounds in a clear ftream on Sketty Burrows, near Swanfea. 

 I cannot find that it has been heretofore defcribed, and there is no other fpecies 

 to which it can be referred, or with which it can poflibly be confounded. 



It grows on wood or ftones in large gelatinous mafles, frequently frcm fix 

 inches to near a foot in length. The color is green with a flight tinge of blue ; 

 the filaments are very much branched ; the branches difpofed without any appa- 

 rent order, but uniformly ifluing at an acute angle with the item. The ultimate 

 ramuli are numerous, moftly fhort, thornlike, and difpofed alfo without order, 

 being fometimes alternate and three or more not unfrequently iflue together 

 from the fame joint. The joints are fhort, and when the juices have collapfed, 

 as is generally more or lefs the cafe, they give the plant a very beautiful appear- 

 ance under the microfcope. The fructification has not been difcovered. 



In drying it adheres to both Glafs and Paper. 



A. C. lubrica, natural fize. 



B. Ditto, magnified 3, 



C. Ditto, ditto 1- 



