The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

Enteromorpha.] ALG.T-: INARTICULATE. 313
it is but justice to his memory to state that he remarked in a note that
this plant and Bangui vclutina of Lyngbye were more nearly allied to the
U/vce, than to the gelatinous Bangicc of the 2d Division.
48. Tetraspora. Link. Tetraspora.
Frond tubular or- inflated, gelatinous. Fructification; minute
granules, loosely arranged in fours. Ag.— Name; nr^x.four,
and o-irogx] the seed; from the quaternary arrangement.
1. T. lubrica, Ag. (lubricous Tetraspora); frond quite simple
tubular subgelatinous waved and sinuated. Ag. Syst. Altj.
p. 188.— Ulca lubrica, Both.—Ag. Sp.Alg. v. Up. 415 Gastridium
lubricum, Lyngb.
In gently running fresh-water. Hellesdon, Norfolk. Appin, Captain
Carmichael.— This forms irregular masses of considerable extent, and
is exceedingly lubricous.
2. T. gclati/wsa, Desv. (gelatinous Tetraspora); frond vesicular
ovate clavate very gelatinous. Ag. Syst. Alg.p. 138.— Ulva
gelatinosa, Vauch. Con)', p. 244.
Fresh-water stream, Mucruss, Killarney, Mr. Harvey.— Ofthia I have
seen no recent specimens. It is described as resembling Frog's spawn,
but of a green colour, with sporules arranged in fours.
49. Enteromorpha. Link. Enteromorpha.
Frond tubular, hollow, membranaceous, of a green colour
and reticulated structure. Fructification; three or four round-
ish granules, aggregated in the reticulations. Grev. Alg. Brit,
p. \78.t. 18.—Name; wrsgov, tin- entrail, and /aogpfj, a. form or
appearance i from the tubular and often more or less inflated
fronds.
1. E, Cornucopia, Carm. (Cornucopia-like Enteromorpha);
gregarious -mall, fronds tubular at the base, dilated opwards
plaited laciniated and torn at the margin. Carm. MSS*- \
tosiphon intestinalis, y. Cornucopia!, Lyngb. Hydroph. Dan.p, t>7.
Ay. Syst. Alg. />. 185.
On Corallines, &c, in rocky poo!-, frequent.
Spring, Summer.— " Fronds gregarious, about
C(/j>ti Carmichael. ©.
an inch long, funnelshaped,
from a Bhort tubular base, expanding into a plaited laciniated
membrane, torn and j;iL. r L'