99^ CRYPTOGAMIA ALG.^. 



The females are a little larger, of a fnort oval 

 form, and grow quite fcffile, on the fides of 

 the ultimate pinnules. 



i-iliala 26. CONFERVA filamentis geniculatis dichotomis 



apice forcipatis, articuiis verticillatim ciliatis. — 



J Linnao non defcripta. (Ellis. Pbilof. "Tranfa^i. 



vol LVII. /. 18. fig. h, H, opt.) 

 Ciliated Conferva. An?lis. 



o 



Upon the Weftern coaft, entangled among the 

 branches of the FUCUS plicatiis. Lin. 



This is one of the fmalleft fpecies of the genus. 

 The largefl; fpecimen we colleded did not ex- 

 ceed an inch in length. The color of it is red. 

 The threads are extremely fine, jointed, and 

 dichotomous ; the fummlts incurv'd like a pair 

 q{ forceps. 1 he joints are very Ihort, nume- 

 rous, pellucid, and cylindrical. The/^/i/fl red. 

 But what mofi: particularly charaderizes this 

 fpecies is, that the head of each joint is encir- 

 cled with a whirl of extremely fmall fliort 

 white r/7/^, appearing to the naked eye like 

 down, but, when highly magnified, are found 

 to refcmble fliort fefTile oval-acute leaves. 



We have never yet feen its frudifications. 



' ' BYSSUS. 



