CRYPTOGAMIA:: ALG. | crm ae tva.(2) Threads 197 
branched, not jointed 
Dill. 33.9. 
0 Grows ‘upright; crowded \ together ; dull green. Threads 
smooth, ‘from 4 ‘to 12 inches ‘high, or more, forked divisions 
beginning-about: the middle, ‘and these again repeatedly divided 
and subdivided into other forks.” Diu. 
‘Beldw Charlton, Kent, 2 in’ the: marsh ‘ditches near Sale 
Thames. Merr: 28. -Saltswater ditches between Greenwich 
and Woolwich. Ditt. Near Gravesend. Huns. ii»: ? 
P. Jan.—Dec. Dnt 
Ho8 cert > ¢ oy ahs 35 
«A "Threads matted tafe pre foo air: i bhbbles: Pe Salida. 3 
Dill. 3.11. 4 
Threads slender, 3 inches toa foot. or more in lengthy gteen, 
or dull yellowish green, soft, rather silky, sending out-from the 
sides other finef and shorter threads. The: threads are. so much - 
— together, as to retain bubbles of air under the water. 
ILL. 
Ditches, pools, and the sides of cisterns.” ise shes t 
A. March— une. Huns, 
Spring, summer, and autumn;;and in cisterns all the year. 
Dit. In sa salt marsh pools . at Weymouth. _Mr, Sracxnouse. 
Le Threads more, branched. towards the: bates ss ‘branches canalicula’» 
SOR Br csdscwi : ferent 
Dill 4. ae . $65 ss 
‘ Densely crowded, deep” green,. soft spongy aitvetveey 
to the touch. Threads and Bache a due very much 
branched downwards, but little so towards the "cade 7 to'2 
inches high ; soft and herbaceous when taken out of the water, 
but when dry it ‘acquires an’ almost _ stony hardness)’ from the #2 O2f21510- 
mud adhering to it..Dmt. 
Clear brooks and mill pond singh. Dut. P. Jan—Deee 
ce Threads when dry uniting into stiff sharp Bae. ot cnphi. 
; : Dill. 4a 1%: oft 
F ae scpialita densely matted apeiken extremly ‘hi : 
so that it is difficult to say whether it be branched or not ¢ green. | 
In streams it grows 2 or’ 3 inches Tong, and thrown on the 
shore sdietheei te unite in bundles at the top, and adhere so as to 
have a thorn-like appearance. In other situations it forms a 
Kind of skin on the ground. Dutt. 
Banks of ‘rivers, ditches, damp walls, Autumn and Winter 3 
and in Summer: in moist shady: plates.» ~~ P. Jans—Dec. 
C.. Threads very much branched, stiffish ; lesser branches — da. 
_ alternate, very short. Led sake 
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