CONFERVA TYPHLODERMA. 



C. filamentis fub-ramofis, denfifllme implexis, diffepimentis obfcuris, 

 articulis brevibus. 

 In Water which contained a Solution of Gum Dragon. 



THE prefent Conferva was difcovered by my friend William Wefton Young, 

 in a bottle containing a folution of gum dragon in water, the furface of which 

 it covered with a mafs of filaments fo denfely interwoven as to form a cartilagi- 

 nous film about two lines in thicknefs, and bearing a considerable refemblancc 

 to the fkin of a mole. 



Their extreme tenuity and entangled growth makes it impoffible to afcer- 

 tain the length of the filaments, which are generally fimple, but a branch may 

 be here and there obferved-their color is a dull olive green. The diffepiments 

 are readily difcernable, and are of a darker color than the reft of the filaments, 

 which they divide into joints, whofe length is nearly but not quite equal to 

 their thicknefs. No fructification has been difcovered. 



In drying it adheres firmly to both Glafs and Paper. 



A. C. typhloderma, natural fize. 



B. Ditto, magnified i. 



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