CONFERVA COCCINEA. 



C. filamentis fub-cartilagtneis ramofiflimis, hirfutis ; ramis decompofito- 

 pinnatis; pinnis alternis; pinnulis ultimis fafciculatis pennicilliformi- 

 bus ; diflfepimentis obfcuris ; articulis brevibus ; capfulis ovatis. 



C. coccinea. Fl. Ang. p. 603. With. IV. p. 140. Eng. Bot. t. 1055. 



C. plumofa. Ellis in Philofophical TranfacVions LVII. p. 425. t. 18. f. c. c. 



d.,D. Fl. Scot. p. 996. 

 Ceramium hirfutum. Roth, Cat. Bot. II. p. 169. t. 4. 

 Mufcus marinus purpureus parvus, foliis oblongis mille-folii fere divifura. Raii 



Hill. p. 79. n. 25. 

 On Rocks and Stones in the Sea, common. 



FEW marine produ&ions exceed the prefent fpecies in beauty or frequent occur- 

 rence, and none meets with more general admiration, or is more frequently gathered 

 and ufed in ornamental devices by the female vifitors on our fhores. The root 

 Is a fmall callus, the frond folitary, the main ftem nearly as thick as common 

 twine, moftly of a darker red than the branches, and of a more uneven and 

 hairy furface. The primary fhoots are difpofed without any regular order, of 

 unequal lengths, and beautifully winged with alternate branches, which are 

 pinnated with others, alfo alternate, and again divided into ramuli, ifluing fo 

 nearly togedicr as to give them a pencil-like appearance. The diffepiments can 

 fcarcely be perceived in the main ftem or primary branches, but are very apparent 

 in the lefler ones, and divide them into fhort pellucid joints. The capfules, 

 which are fettle and of an oblong ovate form, appear in the Spring, in the earlieft 

 parts of which they are of a light red, becoming gradually darker, and in May 



