Pl.cell.aph. 1. AYDROPHYTZE. 25. Conferva. 313 
Conferva compacta, Roth Fl. Germ. A9T. 
Conferva rivularis, Dillwyn,39; Engl. Bot. 1654. 
Rivers and rivulets; June and July. 
Threads about 100th of an inch thick, sometimes less. 
40. Conferva bipartita. Two-parted crowsik. 
Threads simple, slender, very long, densely compacted, 
yellow green; joints 2 or 3 times as long as broad; granules 
forming 2 transverse bands in each joint. 
Caurete bipartita, Didlwyn, 105; Engl. Bot. 2302? 
Conferva semistriangulata, Roth, 
Salt ditches; July. 
Joinis vary fori as long as broad, Eng. Bot. to 3 times 
as long as broad, as in Dillwyn. 
41. Conferva linoides. Flaxhke crowsilk. 
Threads simple, very long, rather thick and stiff, curled, 
brittle, loosely entangled, green; jomts as long as broad; 
when dry cylindrical. 
Conferya palustris seu Filum marinum Anglicum, Raii Syn. 60, 16. 
Conferva filamentis longis geniculatis simplicibus, Dillen Musc. 25. 
Conferva capillaris, Hudson Fl. Angl. 598. 
Conferva Linum, Fl. Dan. 1771; Engl. Bot, 2364. 
Conferva Melagonium, Fl. Dan. 1438. 
Marsh thread. 
Stagnant salt-ponds, and in the sea. 
Threads dull green, elastic, slimy, rather even; knofs 
pellucid. 
8. minor. Threads 3 times slenderer. 
Inland ditches. 
42. Conferva erea. Brazen crowsilk. 
Threads simple, stiff, rather thick, straight, light green; 
joints broader than long; knots pellucid. 
Conferva erea, Dillwyn, ig Engl. Bot, 1929. 
Sea-coasts on wood or stones. 
Tufts bright verdigris green, 3 to 5 inches long, fluc- 
tuating; granules forming two bands, 
8. lubrica. Threads very soft, slippery, glossy. 
43. Conferva Melagonalis. Blacksided crowsilk. 
Threads simple, stiff, rather thick, straight, dark green ; 
jomts cylindrical, 3 times as long as broad. 
Conferva Melag?nium, Weber et Mohr. Reise, 194. 
Conferva wrea, var. Dillwyn Descripé. 80, 
