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CRYPTOGAMIA. ALG. Conferva. « (6) Threads 137 
jointed. ; 
"Var. 2. Threads finer ; joints hardly protuberating. Licurr. 
995.—[ Menabilly near Fowey, Cornwall. Mr. Sracxuousz. ] 
C. Very much branched ; branches forked, like forceps diaph’ana, 
_at the end; the partitions very red ; the joints semi- 
transparent. LicHTr. 996. 
Fl. dan. 951. °.. . 
The whole plant seems to the naked eye to consist only of a 
branched series of small red dots. Licutr. 996. Thread-like 
and almost evanescent. Mr. SrackHousz. = —™ 
Rocky stones in basons of water left by the tides, and often 
adhering to Fuci. Licut. On the shore at Cramond. - 
C. Very much branched; branches opposite : joints cy- pellu ‘cida. 
lindrical, very long. Huns. | 
Threads nearly 6 inches long, shining; transparent, greenish 
purple, Branches mostly 3 forked, joints equal. Huns. 2. 34. 
Rocks and stones in the sea on the coast of Devonshire, 
Cornwall, Hampshire, and Sussex, jee ~ A. May—Oct. 
C.. Threads. winding; branches and divisions of. the vagabun’da, 
branches rather short. lene Se egies Ss 
ey Dill. 5. 32. Das 
Very much’ branched, the ultimate branches divided into 
extremely minute divisions and sub-divisions; pale green; 
joints so small towards the extremities as hardly to be seen with 
a common eye-glass. Dirt. . Not rooted. Linn,» ... > 
Salt water marshes and ditches, __ A. April—Oct. 
C. Very much ‘branched, green. Linn. Branches and rupes’tris. 
little branches rather short, crowded. Huns. 
Fl. dan. 948—Dill, 5. 29—Pluk. 182. 6. 
Intersections of the joints hardly visible to the naked eye, 
Ray. Syn. 60. 2.19. The juice is green, but the interstices are 
colourless. Mr. SracxHouse. as 
- Rocks and stones in the sea, plentifully. -_ P. Jan. —Deec. 
Var. 2. Finer and less rigid. © * pc en Bi . 
Ie oe ete 1. SM Oe ere a 
Two or three inches long, dull green ; threads so fine as to 
require an eye-glass to observe the joints. Divisions principal- 
ly towards. the ends, which terminate in short and extremely 
slender hairs. Dit. ‘This is very soft, and different in its ha- 
bit from the preceding, which is more rigid and of a fuller 
darker green. The joints are not swollen, Mr. Stackhouse, 
