CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGiE. Conferva. 
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(Cerulean Conferva. E) On Fuci, but not very common. 
A. June—Oct. 
C.. nFgra. Threads branched, very long: branches alternate, many- 
cleft, very short. Huds. 595 . 
(E. Bot. 2340 — Dillw. 70. E.) 
Threads five inches long, rather stiff, black. Branches fasciculated. Huds. n, 
15. (Reddish black, much and alternately branched, slender, rigid : ulti¬ 
mate branches short, awl-shaped, sometimes clustered: joints twice as 
long as broad, compound: capsules lateral, solitary, ovate. E. Bot. 
Black Conferva. C. atro-rubescens. Dillw. There seems no sufficient 
ground for imagining this plant of Hudson to be the Fucus fructicuhsus 
of recent authors. E.) Yorkshire and Sussex coasts. A. May—Oct. 
C. scopa'ria. Threads proliferous, of the same length, rough with 
hair. 
(E. Bot. 1552— Dillw. 52. E .)—DiIl. 4. 23— J. B. iii. 811. 2— Lob. Obs. 648. 
2. and Ic. ii. 249. 2 —Dod. 475. 2 —Ger. Em. 1571. 2— Park. J296. 3. 
(Olive brown, hairy, much branched, and fasciculated. Ultimate divisions 
awl-shaped, alternate. E. Bot. E.) Branches woolly and hairy, spread¬ 
ing in all directions; smaller branches nearly of equal length, finely 
toothed ; dull green ; reddish brown when old and dry. Dill. 
(Clustered Brown Conferva. Ceramium scoparium. Hook. E.) Sea 
shores, common. A. May—Oct. 
C. CANCELLA f TA. Threads branched : branches alternate, short, with 
many finger-like divisions. 
Bill 4. 22. 
Colour pale, dirty. Stem giving out many crooked branches near two 
inches long, which are set with hair-like threads or tendrils, giving a 
roundish figure to the branch, with an appearance of hollowness within. 
Dill. The lateral filaments retain air as if in so many vesicles. Linn. 
(Pale Tendril-bearing Conferva. E.) Stones and rocks in the sea, 
common. P. Jan.—Dec. 
C. multifi'da. Threads very much branched: little branches opposite, 
very short, many-cleft. Huds. 596 . 
(E. Bot. 1816. E.) 
Threads four inches long, somewhat jelly-like, red. Branches opposite, 
very long. Little Branches very fine, remote, and appearing whirled. 
Huds. 
(Tufted Red Conferva. Mr. Dillwyn seems to think that C. equisetifolia 
and imhricata of Hudson may be no other than this species. E.) Stones 
and rocks in the sea on the coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire. (New- 
haven, Sussex, Mr. W. Borrer. E.) A. May—Oct. 
(3) Threads growing into one another. 
C. reticula'ta. Threads uniting so as to form a sort of net-work. 
( E . Bot. 1687— Dillw. 97. E.) — Dill. 4. 14— Pink. 24. 2—//. Or. xv. 4. 
row 34. 4 — Pet. Ga%. 51. 3. 
