CONFERVA HUTCHINSI/E. 



C. filamemis ramofiflimis, flexuofis, fub cartilagincis, fragilibus, glauco- 

 vindibus; ramis fparfis ; ramulis fub fecundis erectis, articulis toru- 

 lofis, diametro duplo logioribus. 



In Bantry Bay, not rare. Mifs Hutchins. 



I HAVE feen no fpecimen of this beautiful and ftriking fpecies befidcs what 

 I have received through the favor of my friend Mr. Turner from Mifs Hutchins, 

 by whofe name I have had a peculiar pleafure in calling it, as I know few, if 

 any Botanifts, whofe zeal and fuccefs in the purfuit of Natural Hiltory better 

 deferve fuch a compliment. I am alfo indebted to her for the drawing here 

 reprefented. 



The color, according to Mifs Hutchins, is a beautiful glaucous green, with 

 changeable tints when freOi, and under the water appears almofl white. The 

 fubftance is rather ftiff and approaches to cartilaginous. The root is a largiih 

 difk ; giving rife to numerous cluflered filaments from three to eight inches long, 

 fomewhat thicker than horfe hair, of equal fize from bafe to fummit, flexuofe, 

 Very much and irregularly branched; branches between erect and patent, loofely 

 befet with others difpofed in the fame irregular manner, and thefe again with 

 others ; the ultimate ones are lhort, moftly fimple, generally placed more on 

 one fide of the branch than on the other, and very flightly attenuated towards 

 the apices. The length of the joints is uncertain even upon the fame filament, 

 but is about twice greater than the width ; in the middle they are (lightly toru- 

 lofe. No fruit has yet been difcovered. It is however proper to obferve that 

 this defcription has been made with Mr. Turner's afliftance from dried fpeci- 

 mens, as I have not been able to obtain the plant in any other (late. 



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