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$36 37. Hutchin. 2. THALASSIOPHY TZ. Pi. ceil. aph. 
Thallus slender, bushy, rich red brown, when dry dull 
black ; joints of 4 or 6 veins, long near the root but be- 
come gradually shorter. 
7. Hutchinsia badia. Bay hutchins. 
Threads branched, stiff, reddish black; branches long; 
twigs short, distant, mostly simple; jois rather longer 
than broad. 
Conferva badia, Dillw, Syn. 85, not of Agardh? 
Sea-shore. 
8. Hutchinsia stricta. Stiff hutchins. 
Threads branched, stiff, equal, level-topped, tender, 
scarlet; lranches forked, nearly upright; joinés about three 
times as long as broad. 
Conferva stricta, Dillw. Conf. 40. 
Hutchinsia stricta, 4gardh Syn. 56. 
Sea-coasts. er 
Thallus tufted; outline wedgeshape; glossy red when 
dried ; threads of nearly equal thickness throughout. 
6. diffusa. Threads diffused; outline nearly orbicular, 
dull dirty brown when dry. 
9. Hutchinsia patens. Spreading hutchins. 
Threads branched, slightly diffused, rose-red; branches 
scattered, rather spreading; jozts about twice as long as 
broad. 
Conferva patens, Dillw. Syn, 83. 
Sea-coast; on marine plants. 
Thallus tufted, diffuse; branches lateral; twigs short, 
numerous. 
10. Hutchinsia fibrillosa. Fibrillous hutchins. 
Threads much branched, red; lranches scattered, rather 
truncated, ending in a close pencil and fibres; lower joints 
longer than broad, the upper shorter. 
Conferva fibrillosa, Dills. Syn. 86. 
Hutchinsia fibrillosa, 4gardh Syn. 57, 
Sea-shores. 
Thallus tufted, spreading, irregularly branched; éwigs 
many ; filres simple, tubular, appearing as if jointed ; joints 
much longer than broad; thece slightly pedicelled. 
