126 CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG.) Conferva. (2) Threads 
branched, not jointed. 
Wide spreading, 1 to»2 feet long: thick as a hair, rarely 
matted, pale green, shining. Dini. 15. 
In Ss in fields near Mitcham, Surry. Diu1. 
af alliot 
fontina his, 6. Threads shorter than. a finger. ; 
Consluiee éf fily fine? ioe Penne haielike threads, 
crowded-together. Varies in colour, in aerated waters ochrey 
and harder, in common springs brownish or dark coloured, in 
rivulers~ dark: ‘green. Ditt. 14.—Threads an inch long, col- 
lected about a: centres which is ore hens the extremities dark 
es Linn. |» 
‘On stones in rivulets ah springs, In the New River neat 
| Hornsey. ‘Ditt.» aos SE March Juve 
confrago’sa. Gi Threads tee Heheloestultedl ‘not a ee $s ie 
Hus. 592. ‘Licurr.’ 976. 
piety Dill. Ze +a ; 7 & 
"The: inekible forms a slippery ‘mucous eiad nti3 ‘Threads 
short, so fine and so densely crowded together that no eye can- 
distinguish whether they are entire or branched ; shining when 
' dry, and of a fine violet alent It adheres to the paper with- 
out am pettee. 
ae anberris, Wales. ut On racks | in , the waterfalls 
on Goatlield, ‘the Isle of Arran. Lreatr. AY “ae Aiea 
(2) Threads branched, not iat 
furca’ta. c. Threads branched. at the: ends: eh Re simple 
icenirys 592. 
4 a or 3 ala a om shining, nearly white 
Gently flowing brooks. =): s.. « A, Get.—May. 
Var. 2. Threads shorter ; thicker ; and more branched. 
| Dun. 
Dill. 3. 10. 
Threads 2 te 4 inches long, irregulatly dispersed, not tak- 
ing any determinate figure in the water, about as thick as a bair; 
green, greyish and not shining when dry. In spring and sum- 
mer it is of muddy dull green ;_ in autumn it seems reno- 
vated and changes to a more: lively green. Dri. . 
‘Ditches, | Rivulet west of Maraxioa- Mr. StackHouse. J 
dichot’oma. C. Threads forked. a aN : — E 
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