CONFERVA PEDICELLATA. 



C. filamentis dichotomo-ramofis, duTufis, rubris ; ramulls alternis, 

 multifidis, apicibus furcatis ; articulis furfum incrafTatis, diamctro 

 fub-quintuplo longioribus. 



C. pedicellata. Eng. Bot. t. 1817. (male). 



On the Beach at Selfey and Brighton ; Mr. Borrer. Bantry Bay ; Mifs Hutchins. 



WE are indebted to Mr. Borrer for this elegant addition to the Britifli Flora, 

 he having firft difcovered it in Suffex, and I am not aware of its having been 

 iound by any other botanifl except Mifs Hutchins, to whom I am obliged, 

 through Mr. Turner, for the prefent drawing, made by herfclf from recent 

 fpecimens which fhe gathered on the fh©re at Bantry. 



C. pedicellata grows about four inches in length, and is of a deep red in- 

 clining to rofe color. The filaments are repeatedly divided with rather dilTufo 

 and dichotomous branches : the ramuli are alternate, and fomewhat fafcicuhted 

 with forked apices ; in the fpecimens from Mifs Hutchins they are obtufe in 

 every part of the plant, and fo are the lower ones of thofe from Mr. Borrer, but 

 in thefe latter the uppermoft are elongated and gradually attenuated towards 

 their fummits. The length of the joints is rather variable, but moftly about 

 five times greater than the diameter, and excepting thofe which conftitute the 

 terminations of the ramuli, they are always thickeft at the apices. The capfules 

 are on fhort fruit ftalks, joined at the bafe, ovate, folitary, and mo ft frequently 

 placed in the upper forks of the ramuli. 



In drying it adheres to both Glafs and Paper. 



