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CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGiE. Conferva. 
divided and subdivided into numerous branches: colour reddish. Dill. 
The leafy calyx mentioned by Mr. Ellis is only the young shoots breaking 
out at the knots. The fructification is globular, with the seeds im¬ 
mersed, as in many other species. Mr. Stackhouse. 
(Red Conferva. E.) C. nodulosa. Lightf. 994. C. elongata Gmel. Syst. 
Yeg. ( Ceramium rubrum. Agard. Hook. E.) On rocks, stones, and 
Fuci in the sea. A. May—Oct. 
C. furpura^cens. Very much branched; branches crowded: joints 
cylindrical, long. Huds. 
Bill 7. 41— {E. Bot. 2465. E.) 
Divided like a shrub; slippery, red. Divisions and subdivisions innumerable, 
hair-like, short, slender, composed of minute globules. It retains water 
like wool. Dill. 
(Purple Slimy Conferva. E.) On stones and Fuci in the sea. 
A. May—Oct. 
(It seems doubtful whether this species be really distinct from C. rosea. 
E.) 
C. nodulo'sa. Very much branched; joints oblong, those of the lesser 
branches roundish, bead-like. Huds. 
R. Syn . 2. 3. at p, 60— Bill 7. 40. 
Fructifications lateral, sessile, roundish, clustered. Huds. A very elegant 
plant. Spreading; variously branched; globules exactly spherical, gra¬ 
dually smaller towards the ends of the branches; gelatinous, slippery, 
pellucid, red, or red purple. Dill. Branches not in any apparently re¬ 
gular order, but throwing out ramifications of an equal size, so that it 
is not easy to trace any primary stem. It varies in size, is very 
much branched towards the extremities, which terminate in forks. The 
septa of the joints towards the summit of the branches are deeply tinged 
with red, and appear beautiful. Joints swoollen in the lower part of the 
stem. The extreme branches triply forked. Major Velley. 
(Purplish Knotted Conferva. E.) Adheres to stones, or to small 
Fuci. On the Sussex coast between Brucklesham and Cockbush, and in 
the Isle of Man. Dill. A. May—Oct. 
Var. 2. Threads finer; joints hardly protuberating. Lightf. 995. Menabilly 
near Fowey, Cornwall. Mr. Stackhouse. 
(C. tur'neri. Red, erect, crowded, oppositely pinnate : branches sim¬ 
ple or somewhat pinnate; joints thrice as long as broad: cap¬ 
sules globose, sessile or stalked, on the lower part of the branches, 
leaning one way. E. Bot. 
Bilhu. 100—j E.Bot. 2339. 
Forms dense tufts, about an inch high, of a delicate rose colour. 
Turnerian Conferva. Grows on other marine plants. The knowledge 
of this new and beautiful species is derived from Mr. Turner. It has 
been collected by Miss Biddulph in the sea off the Isle of Wight, and 
near Southampton. May.-—July. E.) 
(C. comoi'des. Purplish brown : filaments capillary, branched, zigzag, 
very obscurely jointed; branches scattered, sharp-pointed, but 
little spreading. 
