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Bulbochcelc] ALG.t CONFEKVOIDE.E. 349
erecto-patent with a tew erect ramuli, apices acuminate, articulations
3—5 times longer than broad.— Conferva Daviesii, Ddlw.
Conf. Syn.p. 73. t. F.—E. Bot. t. 2329.
On marine Algce, Anglesea, Rev . H. Davies. Bantry, Miss Hiitchins.
Brighton, Mr. Borrer.—2—4 lines high, elegantly tufted, much but distantly
branched ; ramuli few, scattered; articulations slightly contracted
at the joints.
37. C. virgdtidum, Harv. (minute virgate Calithamnion)
rose-red minute penicillately tufted, branches very straight
close long virgate erecto-patent alternate, ramuli from every
joint alternate or secund short obtuse, articulations thrice as
long as broad.
On Ceramium ruhrum , Devonshire, Mrs. Griffiths.—2—3 lines high,
forming small pencil-like tufts, erect, very straight; the lower part nearly
simple and naked, the upper closely set with long alternately pinnate
or fasciculate branches, beset at each joint with minute, gemmaeform,
i—2-jointed ramuli. Articulations coloured. Capsules minute, ellipti-
cal, solitary or clustered. Habit something like that of C. Daviesii,
but I trust sufficiently distinguished by the above character.
38. C. secunddtum, Ag. (secund Cal'ithamnion); rose-red very
minute tufted flexuose sparingly branched, ramuli short secund
close spreading obtuse, articulations 4 times longer than broad.
—Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. p. 187.
—
C. Daviesii, (3. secundatum,
Lyngb. Hydroph. Dan. t. 41.
On the larger Algce, probably common. On Zostera, Appin, Capt.
Carmiehacl. On Purphyra laciniata and Alaria esculenta, at Miltown
Malbay, W. II. Harvey.—A line or less in height, forming minute tufts,
or spreading in continuous velvety patches. Capsules solitary, or tufted,
terminal on abbreviated ramuli, sessile, elliptical, dark-hrown. Lvngbye's
figure entirely agrees with our plant, except in the length of the
articulations.
—
39. C. lanugotosum, Lyngb. (downy Calithamniori); nearly
simple exceedingly minute brownish, ramuli short obtuse secund,
articulations thrice as long ;ls broad pellucid in the centre.
Lyngb, Hydroph. Dan. p. 130. t. 41.— Conferva lanuginosa, Ddlw.
Conf. t. 45. Calitham \ion pubescens, Ag. Sp. Alg. r. -2. j>. 187.
Very common on decaying Alga?, especially Ceramium rvbrum.— This
is the most minute and simple of the genus.
Trihe XVI. CoNFERVEJE. Pin nts (/ret //, rer// rarely pink or
brown. Fructification (except in Bulboch&te) a granular
coloured internal moss (called endochrome) which affect* various
forms,— Fresh-water or murine.
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