CRYPTOGA MI A. ALGAE. Conferva. 
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Spreading. Threads very slender, two inches long; knots very numerous, 
smaller towards the ends. Dill. 
(Black Bristly Conferva. A scarce species. E.) Springs and brooks. 
In the Isle of Man. Brewer in Dill. 39. Near Martin, Surrey. Huds. (In 
a rivulet at Hopton, near Yarmouth. Mr. Turner. JE.) P. May—Dec. 
C. gelatino'sa. Threads branched; joints globular, jelly-like. 
{Dillw. 32—E. Bot. 689. E.)— Weis, at p. 33. t 1— Dill. 7. 42. 
One to three inches long, dull reddish brown or blackish, pellucid, gelati¬ 
nous, very slippery. Branches divided and subdivided, formed of glo¬ 
bules strung together like a necklace. Dill. It more resembles some 
kind of spawn than a vegetable. Mr. Stackhouse. 
(Gelatinous Beaded Conferva. E.) In springs and rivulets of pure and 
limpid water. In a large clear spring in Godalmin near the high road, 
and near Chichester, Sussex. Dill. Between Greenwich and Woolwich* 
Huds. Clear springs at Lansdown, near Bath. Mr. Stackhouse. (In 
springs at the head of Horsleyhope bourn, near Healy Field, Durham. 
Mr. Winch. E.) A. Jan.—Dec. 
Var. 2. Green. 
{E. Bot. 689. E.)— Dill. 7. 43. 
Smaller than var. 1, and thinner; half to one and a half inch long ; greenish* 
Dill. 
In a brook on Enfield Chase. Dill. Spring and summer. 
Yar. 3. Pale green. 
(Dillw. 12— E. Bot. 1740. E.)— Dill. 7. 44. 
Globules less closely set, very tender, pellucid, pale pleasant green. 
Grows on dead fibres of Fontinalis, and on the veins and nerves of dead 
leaves. Dill. 
(C. mutabilis. E. Bot. and Dillw. E.) In the same rivulet with var. 2, but 
in places where the stream ran more rapidly. Dill. In stagnant waters 
near Manchester. Harrison in Dill. 
Var. 4. Blue. 
Dill. 7. 45. 
Grows on several aquatic plants, and sometimes on stones: branched, 
slender, globules nearly equal in size, blue. Dill. 
Small lakes or pools at the foot of the mountains near Llanberris; and in 
ditches in Clifton Moss, three miles from Manchester. Dill. 
(6) Threads jointed. 
C. capillars. Threads not branched; joints alternately compressed. 
(Cylindrical, short, capsules sessile. Dillw. 
{Dillw. 9—E. Bot. 2363. E.)— FI. Dan. 771. 2 —Dill. 5. 25. A. 
Threads very long, winding, entangled, not branched; joints numerous; 
floating in the middle of the water. Dark yellowish green; when dried 
whitish with dark green joints. Dill. 
These figures of Dillenius are unnaturally folded; it is rigid, and always 
grows in straight lines, in a mass together ; very long. It decays at the 
top, becoming pellucid and colourless, and the ripe seeds appear like 
little dots clustered together. Mr. Stackhouse. 
