336 37. Hutchin. 2.THALASSI0PHYTiE. PI. cell.aplu 
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. Hulchinsia badia. Bay hutchins. 
Threads branched, stiflj reddish black; branches long; 
twigs short, distant, mostly simple ; joints rather longer 
than broad. 
Conferva badia, Dillw. Syn. 85, not of Agardh ? 
Sea-shore. 
8. Hutchinsia strict a. Stiff hutchins . 
Threads branched, stiff, equal, level-topped, tender, 
scarlet; branches forked, nearly upright; joints about three 
times as long as broad. 
Conferva stricta, Dillw. Conf. 40. 
Hutchinsia stricta, Agardh Syn. 56. 
Sea-coasts. 
Thallus tufted ; outline wedgeshape ; glossy red when 
dried ; threads of nearly equal thickness throughout. 
0. 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 ; joints 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 ; branches scattered, rather 
truncated, ending in a close pencil and fibres; lower joints 
longer than broad, the upper shorter. 
Conferva fibrillosa, Dillvs. Syn. 86. 
Hutchinsia fibrillosa, Agardh Syn. 57. 
Sea-shores. 
Thallus tufted, spreading, irregularly branched; twigs 
many fibres simple, tubular, appearing as if jointed \ joints 
much longer than broad ; thecce slightly pedicelled. 
