CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGA, Conferva. (6) Threads 
Se jointed, 
* Found by Major Velley and Mr. Stackhouse at the Bill of 
Portland, growing parasitically on the larger Fuct, principally 
on their stems. Colour bright pink, one to two inches long. 
When magnified the stem and branches appear 4-sided, the 
sides hollowed. Mr. Sracxuouse, | 
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C. Very much branched ; little branches alternate, undi- fus'ca. 
vided. Hups. 
Threads 3 to 4 inches long, blackish brown or reddish, 
smooth. Branches alternate, ong. Little branches short, | 
distant. Fructifications terminating and lateral, sitting, small, 
roundish, clustered. Huns. 
~ Stones and rocks in the sea.’ A. June—Oct. 
C. Very much branched; lesser branches. many-cleft, 
the lowermost bundled, bearing fruit. Huns. 
Threads a foot long, smooth, of a blackish reddish hue. 
Branches alternate ; little branches somewhat forked. Fraucti- 
Jcations terminating, radiated, small. Hups. z. 42. 
Rocks, stones, and fucuses in the sea. — As Jan.—Dec. 
C. Joints woolly: branches mostly undivided, distant. 
Hups. 
E. bot. 546, 
Threads 6 inches long, green, semi-transparent. Branches 
fucoi‘des. 
villo’sa. 
long, bristle-shaped ; joints woolly, or beset with very short | 
‘very fine little branches in whirls, Hups. =~ 
Stones and rocks in the sea, Cornwall, but rather rare. pe 
So A, May—Sept, 
C. Very much branched, compressed ; branches more coccin’ea, 
than doubly compound, alternately winged : fruc- 
tifications on distinct plants. 
Ellis in Phil. Trans. vol. 57. pl. 18. c. C, d. D—Piuk. 48.2. 
From 3 to 6 inches high, bright red, or purple, Conical 
like a fir tree in its general shape, Stamens and capsules on 
distinct plants ; the former growing on short pedicles fixed to 
the minute segments of the branches ; the latter sitting, egg. 
shaped, on the sides of the extreme ramifications, 
C. plumoia. Lightf. Rocks, stones, and Fuci in the sea. 
ZS r : ‘ eos P . Jan.— Dec, 
C. Branches crowded, trebly winged, segments awl-shap- penna’ta. 
“ede Hups; 
