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Harv. in Hook. Br. FL ii. p. 347; Harv. Phyc. Brit. t. ccxii. ; 

 Wyatt, Alg. Danm. No. 94. Conf. pedicellata, E. Bot. t. 

 1817. 



On rocks, &c. near low-water mark, not uncommon. Summer. Fila- 

 ments 2 8 inches high, rather flaccid, as thick as horse-hair , branches long, 

 and little or much divided, springing from near the base, beset with short, 

 dichotomous ramuli, which are often crowded at the tips, so as to give the 

 plant a pencilled appearance ; apices always rounded and obtuse. Articu- 

 lations extremely variable in length in different specimens, in some four, 

 in others twelve times longer than broad. Colour a fine red, which is ra- 

 pidly given out in fresh water, and becomes in the herbarium a dull dingy 

 brown. Tetraspores elliptical or pear-shaped, very dark, raised on little 

 colourless stalks situated in the axils of the branches. Pavellee large, sin- 

 gle or in pairs, on the stems. 



Section 5. PULVINATA. Filaments short, densely tufted, 

 forming cushion-like tufts, or spreading in velvetty 

 patches. (Sp. 2729). 



27. C. Rothii, L. ; widely spreading, densely tufted ; fila- 

 ments slender, short, erect, dichotomous; branches long, 

 straight, appressed ; articulations twice as long as broad ; 

 tetraspores clustered, borne on short, terminal, sub-corym- 

 bose ramuli. Harv. in Hook. Br. FL ii. p. 347 ; Harv. Phyc. 

 Brit. t. cxx. B; Wyatt, Alg. Danm. No. 188. Conf. 

 Rothii, E. Bot. t. 1702. /3. purpureum ; filaments very mi- 

 nute, forming continuous velvetty patches, slightly branched. 

 Cat. purpureum, Harv. Man. Isted. I, p. 116. Byssus pur- 

 purea, E. Bot. t. 1 92. 



On marine rocks, above half-tide level. Perennial. Fruiting in winter. 

 Filaments a quarter of an inch to nearly an inch in height, forming 

 large velvetty patches, of a deep red or purple colour. Branches few and 

 very erect, either dichotomous or alternate, equal. Fructification, as first 

 pointed out by the late Capt. Carmichael, frequently produced in the win- 

 ter months. 



28. C. Jloridulum, Dilhv. ; filaments short ; densely tuft- 

 ed, fastigiate, sparingly branched ; branches alternate or 

 sub-dichotomous, nearly simple, appressed; articulations 

 thrice as long as broad ; tetraspores minute, oval, borne on 

 very short, closely appressed pedicels, ranged in a secund 

 manner along the upper branches. Harv. I. c. p. 348 ; Harv. 

 Phyc. Brit. t. cxx. A. Conf.Jloridula, Dillw. Suppl. t. F; 

 Wyatt, Alg. Danm. No. 219. 



On marine rocks, near low-water mark. West of Ireland, extremely 

 common. Orkney, Dr. Pollexfen. Laud's End, Mr. Ralfs, Filaments 



