CRYPTOGAMIA. ALGA3. ConfekVA. 
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Rough-warted Conferva. Fuchs rhizodes. Turn. Hist. Found on 
various parts of the British coast, growing on other Fuel and Confervse. 
E.) 
C. coccin'ea. Very much, branched, compressed; branches more than 
doubly compound, alternately winged; fructifications on distinct 
plants. 
(Dillw.36 — E.Bot. 1055. E.)— Ellis in Phil. Trans, vol. 57. Pl. 18. c. C. d. 
JD—Pluk. 48. 2. 
From three to six inches high, bright red or purple. Conical like a fir tree 
in its general shape. Stamens and capsules on distinct plants ; the former 
growing on short pedicles fixed to the minute segments of the branches; 
the latter sessile, egg-shaped, on the sides of the extreme ramifications. 
(Dr. Hull is not of this opinion, he thinks they may be capsules in diffe¬ 
rent states of growth. 
(Scarlet Conferva. E.) C. plumosa. Lightf. (Hutchinsia coccinea. Hook. 
E.) Rocks, stones, and Fuci, in the sea. (On marine rocks near Scar¬ 
borough. Mr. Travis. E.) P. Jan.—Dec. 
C. penna'ta. Branches crowded, trebly winged, segments awl-shaped. 
Huds. (Joints short; tubercles sessile, spherical. Dillwyn. 
Dillw. PI 86— E. Bot. 2330. E.) 
Olive green, with age changing to brown. The knotted joints only visible 
on the primary branches. Major Velley. (This plant composes bushy 
tufts, from half an inch to two inches high, and is twice or thrice branched. 
E. Bot. 
Pinnated Brown Conferva. Ceramium cirrosum. Agard. Hook. E.) 
Stones and rocks in the sea, between Dover and Margate; and the Isle of 
Walney, Lancashire. Penzance. Mr. Stackhouse. (On marine rocks 
near Scarborough, but rare. Mr. Travis. E.) P. Jan.—Dec. 
C. parasitica. Brandies doubly winged. Huds. (Fructifications 
axillary, solitary, oblong. 
E. Bot. 1429. E.) 
Threads an inch long, brown. Branches nearly an inch long; little wings 
pointed. Huds. n. 47. Purplish brown. 
(Parasitical Feathered Conferva. A scarce plant, but not unfrequent 
about Scarborough. Mr. Travis. E.) On Fuci on the coast of Yorkshire, 
Cornwall, and Dorsetshire. 
(C. scutella'ta. Olive brown: filaments branched at the base, densely 
combined into a depressed peltate mass, rooted in the centre ; 
joints as broad as long. 
E. Bot. 2311. 
Olive-brown Peltate Conferva. Discovered by Mr. W. Borrer on 
Fucus loreus , at Brighthelmstone and Shoreham. E. Bot. E.) 
(C. echinula'ta. Glaucous: stems jointed, undivided, spreading 
every way from a centre, and forming a globe. Smith. 
E. Bot. 1378. 
This minute vegetable, which appears to be scarcely larger than a pin's 
head, was communicated by the Rev. Mr. Davies, from a lake in 
Anglesea, where it covers the surface of the water in June and July, 
