CLOSTERIUM. v 371 



This species comes near to Closterium Diana Ehr., which, 

 however, is a more elongated and more slender plant. 



3. CLOSTERIUM DIAIOE Ehr. 

 Plate LXXXIV. Fig. 5. 



Char. Frond slender, much attenuated towards each end. 

 Granules in a single series down the centre. Endochrome 

 fasciated. Fascise obscure. 



Cl. ruficeps, Abhandl. der Akademie d. Wissench. zu Ber- 

 lin, 1831, p. 67. Cl Diana Ehr., Die Infus. p. 92. t. v. 

 f. 17. 



Hob. Chiltington Common, near Pulborough : Mr. Jenner. 



A distinct and elegant species. 



b. Closteria curved, not appendaged, striated. 



4. CLOSTERIUM TURGIDUM Ehr. 

 Plate LXXXVIL Fig. 3. 



Char. Frond large, slightly curved, subcylindrical, but little 

 attenuated, very finely striated. Apices roundish and 

 rubescent. 



Closterium turgidum Ehr., Infus. tafel vi. fig. 7. ; Jenner, 

 in Flora of Tunbridge Wells, p. 196. 



Hab. Several places in Sussex : Mr. Jenner. 



The strise in this species are finer, and the frond larger 

 than in Closterium striolatum. 



5. CLOSTERIUM STRIOLATUM Ehr. 

 Plate LXXXVIL Fig. 4. 



Char. Frond fusiform, gradually attenuated towards each 

 end, evidently striated, ten or twelve times as long as broad. 

 Extremities rounded. 



B B 2 



