gg6 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.^. 



diaphana CONFERVA lilamentis geniculatis ramofifllmis, 

 24* ramis dichotomis apice forcipatis, feptis ruber- 



rimis, articulis diaphanis. — Nova /pedes. {Fig. 

 nulla.) 



Red dotted Conferva. Anglis. 



Upon rocky Ihores, in bafons of water left by 

 the tides, and often adhering to Fucufes. 



It is a very delicate fpecies, about one or two 

 inches high, the color red. 



The threads are extremely fine, jointed, and very^il) 

 much branched ; the branches dichotomous, 

 and their extremities incurv'd like a pair of 

 pincers. The joints are perfectly diaphanous, 

 fhort and numerous, and a little contra6ted at 

 the ends. Thtfepta are deep red and opaque, 

 fo that the whole plant, with its ramifications, 

 feems, to the naked eye, to confift only of a 

 branched feries of fmall red dots. 



CONFERVA filamentls geniculatis ramofifTimis 

 compreflis, ramis fupra-decompofitis alterna 

 tim pinnatis, frudificationibus ovatis dioicis 

 £///j._CONFERVA rubra. Hudf. Angl. 486 

 n. 2,1* (Pluk. phyt. t. 48. /. 2. mala. Ellis, 

 Philof. Tranfa^, vol LVJI. tab. 18. p. 426 

 fig. c, C. d, D. opt.) 



Red-feather'd Conferva. Anglis. 



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