CRYPTOGAMIA Al.GM. 



noides. Sp. pi. 1636. (Dillen. mufc. 33. t. 6. 



f. ^6. et ejus varietas minor ^ t. 6. f. 37. CON- 

 FERVA geniculata. Ellis. Philof. Tranfa£f. 



vol. c^j. t. 1%. fig. f. F. opt. 

 Gelatinous Coralline Conferva. Anglis. 

 On the Weftern coaft, in deep waters, fometimes 



dragg'd up in fifhing-nets, or caft upon the 



Ihore in ftorms. VIII. ■. ' 



The height of this is about three or four inches. 



The fubftance tender, gelatinous, flippery and 



pellucid. 

 The color, when frefh, a bright red or fcarlet ^ 



in decay, a pale red, fometimes ting'd with 



green. 

 The threads are regularly dichotomous and join!:- 



ed. The joints thick or knee'd at the ends,, 



like the leg or thigh bones. 

 The frudincations or flowers furround the joints 

 k • ■,. like ruffles, but are rarely found. 



The plant, in drying, tinges paper with a fine red 



color, and its fucculency then vanifhes, leav-^ 



ing behind only a fJmy fkin. 



folymorpha CONFERVA filamentis geniculatis, ramis fafci- 



19« ' culatis. Sp.pL 160,6. (Dillen. mufc. 22. L 6, 



f. 35. A. B. C. Oeder. Dan. t. 395,. bona, 



"f* Ellis. Philojoph. Tranja^. vol. 57, p. 426. tab. 



l2>. fig. a. A. et b.B. opt.) 



Black 



