CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGiE. Conferva. 
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(Dillw. 53— E. Bot. 2428. E.)-—Ellis in Phil. Trans, vol. 57. p. 425. t. 18— 
H. b. 
(Forming reddish tufts, scarcely two inches high. Dr. Hooker suggests 
that this may possibly prove to be the younger, and C. diaphanum the 
intermediate state of C. rubrum. E.) A. May—Sept. 
(Red-tufted Conferva. Ceramium ciliatum. Hook. E.) On the finer 
kinds of Fuci; also on rocks and stones in the sea. 
C. polymor'pha. Branches fasciculated, nearly of the same length: 
brownish black. 
(Dillw. 44-— E. Bot. 1764. E.)— Ellis in Phil. Trans, vol. 57. t. 18. a. A. 
and b. B.atp. 426— Dill. 6. 35— Barr. 1301— Pet. Fuc. 1. 15— Plufc. 47. 
10— FI. Dan. 305— Barr. 1290. 1 and 2. 
Not so long as the other species, but more bearded; with numerous branches 
rising from the base. Male and female on distinct plants. Linn. Cap¬ 
sules transparent, placed in the forks at the termination of the branches. 
Seeds readily observable if examined in water with a microscope. The 
male fiowers are collected into catkins, which stand on the terminations 
of the branches, not in the forks. Ellis, ib. In some specimens the seeds 
are fixed in the vesicular distended points of the branches; in others 
there are globular substances in the forks of the branches. Major Velley. 
Mr. Stackhouse also doubts the accuracy of Mr. Ellis’s observations. 
(Black-tufted Conferva. Hutchinsia fastigiata. Agard. Hook. E.) 
On Fuci, especially on F. nodosus and vcsicidosus. P. Jan.—Dec. 
(C. TUMiifuLA. Filaments unbranched; joints thrice as long as broad: 
when fertile swelling and elliptical. E. Bot. 
E. Bot. 1670. 
Very minute; the general tinge greenish, pellucid. 
Tumid-jointed Conferva. Found by Mr. W. Borrer in fresh water at 
Henfield, Sussex. March. E.) 
(C. phcgnFcea. Bright red: filaments erect, closely tufted, much 
branched; branches alternate; the upper ones crowded; joints 
twice as long as broad. 
Dillw. 73— E. Bot. 1702. 
Grows in oblong patches; filaments very fine, half an inch long. 
(Bright-red Conferva. C. Rothii. Turton, Dillwyn. E. Bot. Ceramium 
Rothii. Hook. But very aptly named as above by Mr. R. Brown, who 
gathered it in a limestone cave on the northern coast of the county of 
Antrim, near Bally-castle. N. E. coast of Anglesea. Rev. Hugh Davies. 
E.) 
C. ru^era. Very much branched: branches distant, acute; joints 
cylindrical, short. Huds. 
(Dillw. 34— E. Bot. 1166. E.)— Ellis in Phil. Trans, vol. 57. t. 18. e. E — 
Dill. 6. 38. 
Fructifications resembling a strawberry or raspberry, surrounded with a 
leafy calyx. Ellis. Fructifications nearly sessile, solitary, roundish, with 
an awl-shaped thread beneath each. Huds. About four inches high. 
