136 
rubra. 
purpuras’~ 
cens. 
nodulo’sa, 
CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGAL. Conferva. (6) Threads 
jointed. 
try. Mr. Stackhouse also doubts the accuracy of Mr. Ellis’s 
observations. : 3 
On Fuci, especially on F. nodosus and vesiculosus. 
Gi Very much branched; branches distant, acute ; 
jomts cylindrical, short. Hubs. — 
Ellis in Phil. Trans. vol. 57. t. 18. e. F—Dill, 6.38. 
- Fructifications resembling a strawberry or raspberry, sur- 
rounded with a leafy calyx. Exuis. Fructifications nearly sit- 
ting, solitary, roundish, with an awl-shaped thread beneath 
each. Hups. About 4 inches high, divided and sub-divided | 
into numerous branches: colour reddish. Dirt. The leafy ca- 
lyx mentioned by Mr. Ellis is only the young shoots breaking 
out at the knots. The fructification is globular, with the seeds 
immersed, as in many other species. Mr. Srackuouse,. 
_ C. nodulosa. Licutr. 904. C. elongata, Get. Sy Ste Vege 
Rocks, Stones and Fucuses in the sea. A, May—Oct. 
C. Very much branched ; branches crowded : joints cy- 
lindrical, long. Hups. is, 
; Dill. 7. 41. 
Divided like a shrub ; slippery, red. Divisions and sub. 
divisions innumerable, hair-like, short, slender, composed of mi- 
f 
nute globules. It retains water like wool. Dixt. 
Stones and Fuci in the sea. A. May—Oct. 
C. Very much branched : joints oblong, those of the 
lesser branches roundish, bead-like. Hups. 
Ri Syn. 2. 3, at p, 60-Dill. 7. 40. 
Fructifications lateral, sitting, roundish, clustered. Hubs. 
_ A very elegant plant! “Adheres to stones or to small Fuci. 
Spreading ; variously branched ; globules exactly spherical, 
gradually smaller towards the ends of the branches ;_ gelatinous, 
_ slippery, pellucid, red, or red purple. Ditx. Often attached 
to other sea plants. Branches not in any apparently regular or- 
der, but throwing out ramifications of an equal size, so that it 
is not easy to trace out any primary stem, It varies in size, 
is very much branched towards the extremities, which termi- 
nate in forks, The septa of the joints towards the summit of 
the branches are deeply tinged with red, and appear beautiful. 
Joints swollen in the lower part of the stem. The extreme 
branches triply forked. Major Vetiry. 
On the Sussex coast hetween Brucklesham and Cockbush, 
and in the Isle of Man. Dizi. A. May—Oct, 
