986 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 



, •■ Upright river knotted Conferva, or Horfetail 

 J Conferva. Anglis. 



This was gathered by Mr. Stuart amongft the 

 Hones in the river Lednaig, near the village of 



• Comrie, four miles weft of Crieffl The river 

 empties itfelf into the Em. The fame was 

 alfo found by Mr. 2'cJden in like places at 

 Craig-Hall near Edinburgh. 



It confifts of feveral erect threads growing in a 

 clufter from the fame bale, from three to fix 

 inches high, generally fingle, but fometimes 

 fparingly branch'd, about the fize of a hog's 

 briftle, knotted throughout at equal ditlances, 

 with prominent gouty joints ; the joints about 

 one-tenth of an inc!i afunder, the whole of a 

 dull-green color Wiien m>oift, but blackifh when 

 • dry, the fubftance a little rigid and tough. 



gdatinofa CONFERVA fills ramofis moniliformibus, articu- 



i^«- lis giobofis gelatinofis, Sf. pi. 16^^. (Dillen. 



mufc. 36. /. 7. /. 42. cum 'varistatibus. Billen. 



mufc. 37, <y 38. tab. 7. /. 43, 44, 45, 46. 



CHAR A batrcclofperma. IVeis cryptcg. p. ^^, tab. 



I. fig. I, 2. bona.) 

 Frog-Spawn Conferva. Anglis. 

 It grows in deep fountains, fprings, and rivulets 

 of the pureft water, adhering to flicks and 

 ftones. We faw fpccimens that were colleded 

 ■ _ • . in the ifiand of Mull. VI. VIII. 



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