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Conferva.] ALG/E CONFERVOIDED. 055
der neck, and then drop off. In autumn, many of the tufts assume
a yellowish or ochry colour, the effect of age and long exposure to the
sun, and in this state they constitute the C.fueicola of Agardh." Carm.
25. C. fldccida, Dillvv. (flaccid rusty Conferva); tubercles
small, filaments penicillate flaccid and tender, lower articula-
tions half as long as broad, upper of equal length and breadth.
Dilho. Conf. Syn. t. G. Lyngb. Hydfoph. Dan. t. 50 ? Ay. Sytt.
A/c/.p. 102?
On Fuci ;
especially Cystoseira fibrosa.— Filaments half an inch long,
dull olive-brown; tubercle of the same structure as in C.fucicola; from
which species, except in the shorter and more flaccid filaments and
short joints, the present does not differ; C. curia being intermediate in
these respects.
20. C. curia, Dilhv. (small parasitic Conferva) ; filaments
minute rising from a tubercle rather rigid sub-penic illate. arti-
culations about as long as broad Dilliv. Conf. t. 7G. Ay. Syst.
Alg.p. 103.
On Fuci. Filaments 1 — 3 lines long, rising from a small tubercle,
formed of denser, branching filaments, brown, tapering towards the base,
obtuse. Articulations about as long as broad, dissepiments contracted.
27. C. scutulata, Sm. (target Conferva); " olive-brown, filaments
branched at the base densely combined into a depressed
peltate mass rooted in the centre, joints as broad as long."
Sm.~E.Bot t.23\i.
On Himanthalia torea:—on which it forms broad, wart-like tuber-
cles.
f. Filaments purple or pink, tufted.
28. C. cdrnea, Dilhv. (pale-red Conferva); " filaments simple
Blender short pale-red, articulations torulose 2— 3 times longer
than broad, endochrome contracted into a solitary globule."
Dillw. Conf. t. 84. Ay. Syst. Alg.p. 103.
On Conferva*, in the river near Lough, or Glamorgan, near its confluence
with the sea, Mr. /('. W. Young.
29.
('. n ramicola, Lyngb* (short-jointed rosy Conferva); filaments
very Blender flaccid rosy, articulations equal in length and
breadth, endochrome at length globular and escaping through
the tube.— Lyngb* Hydroph* Dan. t. 48?
In rocky pools, i>n various small Algce% at Appin, ( 'aj>t. CaruuckaeL—
" Filaments very slightly tutted, or rather gregarious, about an inch long,
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