CONFERVA FUSCA. 



C. filamentis ramofis venofis, ramis diftantibus fub-alteruis ; ram u lis 

 patentibus clavatis ; articulis breviufculis, medio fafciatis ; capfulis 

 fub-globofis. 



C. fufca. Fl. Ang. p. 602. With. IV. p. 141. 



On Rocks and Stones in the Sea. Anglefea. Rev. Hugh Davits. At Newton 

 Nottage, Glamorgar.fhire. W. W. Young. At the W orms Head, and other 

 places in the extremity of Gower. 



I RECEIVED a fmall fpecimen of the plant here figured from my friend the 

 Rev. Hugh Davies as the C. fufca of the Flora Anglica, and I conceive that this 

 gentleman's well known accuracy, and former intimacy with Hudfon, will prove 

 my fufficient juftification for publifhing it as fuch, more efpecially as the 

 defcription in that "Work applies better to this than to any other fpecies with 

 which I am acquainted. I however confefs that in fo doing I feel fome hefi- 

 tation arifing from the uncertainty that muff attend the elucidation of Hudfon's 

 dark-colored marine fpecies, which has already been mentioned in the 

 defcription of C. fucoides. 



C. fufca grows in tufts from three to five inches long, and varying in color 

 from a dull to a reddifh brown. The filaments are numerous from the fame 

 root, and generally repeatedly branched. The branches long, remote, mod 

 commonly alternate, and often befet with fhort club-fliaped ramuli, which 

 generally form a greater angle with the branches than is formed by the branches 

 with the ftem. Mr. Young brought me a few half grown fpecimens from 

 Newton, in which the branches were much lefs numerous than in thofe I 

 gathered in Gower, and I believe the plant is fubjed to confiderable variation in 

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