CONFERVA VELUTINA. 



C. filamentis repentibus ramofis implcxis, ramis ercctis fub-fecundis, 

 curvatis, obtufis, articulis longis. 



C. velutina. Eng. Bot. t. 1556. 



C. varia. Roth. Cat. Bot. III. p. 301 ? 



ByfTus velutina. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1638. Fl. Aug. p. 605. Fl. Scot. p. ioo>. 

 With. IV. p. 144. Weis Crpy. p. 12. Roth. Fl. Germ. III. pars. 1. p. 562. 



ByfTus tenerrima viridis, velutum referens. Dill. Mufc. p. 7. t. r. f. 14. R ar . 

 Syn. p. 36. 



ByfTus terreftris viridis herbacea & molliflima, filamentis ramofis et non ramofis. 

 Mich. Gen. p. 211. t. 89. f. 5. 



On the ground in inoift and fhady places. 



C. VELUTINA grows mod frequently on moifl fhady banks, and I believe is 

 not uncommon in fuch fituations during the winter months and in the early part of 

 fpring. It covers the ground with denfely matted patches, of a light or yellowifh 

 green color, and frequently four or five inches in diameter. The filaments 

 extend to a great length, throwing out roots below and branches from the upper 

 fide ; thefe branches are fhort, erect and matted together, fo as to bear a fancied 

 refemblance to the pile of velvet from which the plant has derived its fpecific 

 name. The branches are again twice or thrice divided with ramuli, for the moft 

 part difpofed on the fame fide of the branch, but fometimes alternately ; they 

 are more or lefs curved and blunt at the apices. In the repent ftem and principal 

 branches the diffepiments are hardly difcernable ; the joints vary in length from 

 twice to fix or eight times their thicknefs. Michseli's figure affords good reafon 



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