CRYPTOGAM! A. ALG2E. Conferva. 
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Dillw. 46— E. Bot. 2220. 
The filaments grow in an entangled, rather elastic mass, of a deep green; 
and are as fine as human hair. 
Curling Green Conferva. Ditches near Selsey, Sussex. Mr. Borrer. 
Salt Pools by the river Yare, at Yarmouth. Dillwyn. E.) 
(C. diffu'sa. Green, mucli branched, diffuse, somewhat zigzag: the 
ultimate branches frequent, short, blunt: joints four times as 
long as broad, of an uniform colour, with pellucid partitions. 
Dillw. 21— E. But. 2289. 
Forms tufts from two to six inches long, rather rigid and harsh to the 
touch. 
Diffuse Green Conferva. In the sea at Brighthelmstone. Mr. W. 
Borrer. E. Bot. and Dillwyn. E.) 
(C. plu'mula. Much branched; branches alternate, winged; wings 
opposite, the terminating arranged on one side only ; joints 
rather long; capsules numerous, on short fruit-stalks. 
Dillw. 50—Ellis in Phil. Trans, lvii. p. 426— E. Bot. 1637. 
Of a light red colour. Whole plant is pellucid, with dark dissepiments. 
Little Feathery Conferva. C. plumula. Ellis. In the sea, adhering 
to other Confervae. At Brighton. Ellis. In Caswell Bay, near Swansea, 
during the summer months. Dillwyn. E.) 
(C. multicapsula'ris. Filaments minute, olive-coloured, creeping; 
branches upright, nearly simple, short, towards the ends thicken¬ 
ing and bearing capsules : capsules crowded together, spherical. 
Dillw. 71. 
Capsules dividing transversely when mature. 
Olive-coloured Multicapsular Conferva. This singular and novel 
species was discovered by Mr. W. W. Young, growing on several parts 
of the Town-hill, near Swansea; on clayey banks in high and exposed 
situations. Dillwyn. E.) 
(C. BRODEEh. Much branched, of a deep red brown colour, branches 
elongated, bearing clusters of slender ramuli, many cloven, and 
acuminated at their apices; joints of the main branches very 
obscure, in the ramuli evident, and of a length and diameter 
nearly equal. 
Dillw, 107 —E. Bot. 2589. 
Extending from a foot and a half to two feet in length, remarkably thick 
and bushy; mode of growth flexuose. Capsules ovate, sessile, plenti¬ 
fully scattered over the ultimate ramuli; besides which are spherical 
globules, whose nature is not yet understood. 
(Bushy Flexuose Conferva. Hutchinsia Brodicei. Hook. Rocks in the 
sea. Near Forres, discovered by James Brodie, Esq. Bantry Bay. 
Miss Hutchins. Falmouth. Mr. Turner. Seaton, Devon. Mrs. Griffiths; 
sometimes thrown on the shore at Dover. Dillwyn. E.) 
C. fuci'cola. Threads not branched, very fine, jointed, very short, 
crowded together. 
{Dillw. 66. E.)— Velley Ic . Piet. 
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