97S CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^ { 



branches are fo clofely entangled together, ths^ 

 the air getting between them cannot eafily eva- 

 porate, but when the plant floats upon the 

 water, raifes bubbles in it, by which charadcr 

 this fpecies is readily diftinguilh'd. 

 It is of a foft fubflance, and in pure water, 

 where the threads grow long, refembles Tow 5 

 but in muddy waters, where they are fhort, ic 

 is not unlike cotton, which being carefully 

 collc6led and dryM, turns whitifh, and has 

 fometimes been ufed inftead of it, either as 

 wadding to fluff garments with, or to make 

 towels and napkins. We have alfo feen a 

 coarfe kind of paper made of it at Edinburgh^ 



csnalicula- CONFERVA filamcntis aequalibus bafin verfus 

 ris 5. ramofioribus. Sp. pi. 1 634. (Dillen, mufc, 2 1, 



Velvet Mill Conferva. Jnglts. 



It is found frequently upon the planks in milkl 

 dams, and in the cavities of water-pipes. 



It grows in a thick clufter, fo as to form a foft I 

 fpongy fubflance, like a piece of velvet, of a 

 deep-green color. The threads which compofc 

 it are from one to two inches long, greatljr 

 branched from the middle part towards the 

 bale, but fimple, or only flightly divided at 

 the extremity, which is the principal charac- 



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