CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGAE. Tremella. 79 
In clusters ; each plant about 1-10th of an inch over. 
On timber. — _Nov.—Feb. 
Tr. Golden yellow ; sitting : twisted into manifold plaits, mesenter'ica 
E. bot. 709-Bull. 406—Hoffm. crypt. 1.7. 3-Sterb. 26, the 
Sour figures in the right lower corner—Vaill, 142 4-Scheff. Ser 
168. 3, 9, 2-Facg. mise. 1613s ee E 
_On the dead branches of trees. Gelatinous, tremulous, pel 
lucid, smeared with a viscid moisture: white when young, 
changing to yellow. Horny when dry ; growing in irregular , 
patches. Jaco. Golden yellow, changing to tawny when old ; 
variously plaited and wreathed. Scuarrer. iv. p, 108 
_ T. juniperina, Huds. 562, according to Mr. Dickson, p. 14. 
—not the T. junip. of Linn. Mr. Woowarp. 
On the Common Juniper, Ulex Europeus, and Spartinm sco- 
parium, _A. Sept.— May. Huns. 
On rotten wood. 7 3 Autumn. Dicks. 
Tr. Olive coloured ; plaited and waved. Nos'toc, 
Bull. 174, and 184-Hoffm. crypt. 1. 8. 3-E. bot. 461—-Dill. ee 
10. 14—Mich. 67. 1-Fi. dan. 885. 1-Gars. 393. C. + 
' _ Greenish or yellowish. Sub-gelatinous, consisting of seve- 
ral leaves variously lobed and waved, ‘slightly adhering to the 
ground by a central root; the substance very thin. It varies in 
colour, ‘but is usually some shade of olive. Mr. Woopwarp. 
Thin, skinny, dark brown and brittle when dry. Drut. Micheli 
describes the seeds as lying in the form of little strings of beads 
coiled up within the folds of the plant, and only to be discovered 
by the microscope. The dark green sort consists of an olive- 
coloured transparent jelly between two coats, which are more 
opake and approach to blackness. ‘The outer surface of these 
coats is studded with conical papille, which probably contain 
the, seeds,—It is supposed by the country people to be the re- 
‘mains’ of a meteor or falling star. “It has lately been asserted 
that this is of animal: origin, but without sufficient reason. 
‘After very severe frost I have frequently found a gelatinous sub- 
‘stance, which from a careless observation might — for a Tre- 
mella, but it is the remains of frozen frogs. This substance 
does not shrivel up in dry weather as the Tremella does, nor is 
it plaited and waved; and generally some of the bones of the 
frogs may be found in it. After the-severe winter of 1789, I 
found great quantities of these on the edges, and in the water of 
ds. “! 
Star-slough. Meadows and pastures after rain, and gravel 
walks. [Frequently on gravel. Mr. Woopw. Found amongst ~ 
grass at the bottom of the Rookery, Edgbaston, by Miss C. 
_ Wiruerine, who could not discover any thing like a root.] 
: BoE ai. A. Jan.—Dec. 
