97^ CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



p. 211. «. 8. tab. 89./. 8, 10, and ii. Bilkn. 



miifc. t.i.f. 3. bojt.) 

 Spring Conferva, or fmall BylTus-like Conferva. 

 Anglis. 

 It grows under water on the fides of limpid 



fprings or fountains, and on the banks of ri- 

 * vers. IV. 

 It is extremely tender, and perhaps the leaft of all 



the genus. 

 It confifts of the fineft threads, fimple and un- 



branch'd, about a quarter of an inch long, fel- 



dom more, often lefs, growing in tufts anc 



diverging every w^y as from a centre, generally 



of a dull fufcous green, fometimes a black 



green, and, in fountains impregnated with acids. 



of an ochre color. 

 Sometimes the threads grow fo thick together ai 



to form a fpongy mat, refembling a moule'; 



Ikin. 

 Haller affirms, that the threads are frequend} 



branch'd, and we obferv'd a few among oa: 



fpecimens that were fo. 



confragdfa CCNFERVA filamentis mucofis fimplicibu 

 3* jequalibus violaceis. — a Linn^o non defcripta 



(Bilkn. inufc. 15. /. 2./. 4.) 

 Catarad Conferva. Anglis. 

 We obferv'd it upon the rocks in the waterfall 



