CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGiE. Conferva. 
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E. Bot. 1700. 
Hair-brown Conferva. Common on sea-shores, frequently covering the 
round pebbles in slender, hair-like tufts, lying one over the other, resem¬ 
bling the head of an infant. Dillwyn, and E. Bot. E.) 
C. diapii'ana. Very much branched; branches forked, like forceps 
at the end; the partitions very red; the joints semi-trans¬ 
parent. 
{Dillw. 38— E. Bot. 1742. E.)— FL Dan. 951. 
The whole plant seems to the naked eye to consist only of a branched series 
of small red dots. Lightf. 996. Thread-like and almost evanescent. Mr. 
Stackhouse. 
(Red-dotted Conferva. Ceramium diaphanum. Agard. Hook. E.) 
Rocky stones in basons of water left by the tides, and often adhering to 
Fuci. Lightf. On the shore at Cramond. (Greville asserts that this 
species never grows on rocks, and considers it really distinct from C . 
ciliata. E.) 
C. pellu'cida. Very much branched: branches opposite: joints cy¬ 
lindrical, very long. Huds. 
{Dillw. 90— E. Bot. 1716. E.) 
Threads nearly six inches long, shining, transparent, greenish purple. 
Branches mostly three-forked, joints equal. Huds. n. 34. 
Pellucid Three-branched Conferva. Rocks and stones in the sea on 
the coasts of Devon, Cornwall, Hampshire, and Sussex. Yarmouth. 
A. May—Oct. 
C. vagabun'da. Threads winding; branches and divisions of the 
branches rather short. 
{Dillw. 14— E. Bot. 2338. E.)— Dill 5. 32. 
Very much branched, the ultimate branches divided into extremely minute 
divisions and subdivisions ; pale green ; joints so small towards the ex¬ 
tremities as hardly to be seen with a common eye-glass. Dill. Not 
rooted. Linn. 
(Rootless Conferva. C. fracta. Dillwyn and E. Bot. E.) Salt water 
marshes and ditches, (But not always so situated, Mr. Dillwyn having 
found it in the Lock fields near London. E.) A. April.—Oct. 
C. rupes'tris. Very much branched, green. Linn. Branches and 
little branches rather short, crowded. Huds. 
{Dillw. 23— E. Bot. 1699. E.)— FI. Dan. 948—. Dill. 5. 29 —Pluk. 182. 6. 
Intersections of the joints hardly visible to the naked eye, Ray. Syn. 60. n. 
19. The juice is green, but the interstices are colourless. Mr. Stack- 
house. 
Green Rock Conferva. E.) Rocks and stones in the sea, plentifully. 
P, Jan.—Dec. 
Var. 2. Finer and less rigid. 
Dill. 5. 28. 
Two or three inches long, dull green, threads so fine as to require an eye¬ 
glass to observe the joints. Divisions principally towards the ends, 
which terminate in short and extremely slender hairs. Dill. This is 
