The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

Conferva.} ALGiE CONFERVOIDE/E. '3.37
E. Bot. t. 2192. Ag. Syst. Alg. p. 107.— 3. marina, Ag.—C.
Icetevirens, Dillw. Conf. t. 48. E. Bot. t. 1854.
In streams and rivulets.— /J. in the sea: both varieties very common.
—This forms beautiful bushy tufts. A polymorphous plant ; but sufficiently
marked by the ultimate fasciculato-secund ramuli.
36. C. agagropila, Linn. {Globe Conferva* or Moor Balls) ;
filaments issuing: from a central point forming dense roundish
balls, branches erect siibsecund straight, articulations '3—4 times
longer than broad, the uppermost cylindrical, the lower swollen
upwards.—E. Bot. t. 1377. Dilho.' Conf. t. 87.
In lakes, rare. North Wales, Rev. H. Unties. North of Scotland,
Mr. Brodie. Prestwick Car, Mr. Winch. Culmere pool and Whitemere,
Shropshire, Rev. Mr. Williams. Cunnemara, Ireland, Mr. J. T. Macl.ai/.—
This extraordinary production varies in diameter, from half an inch to
2— 4 inches, forming a compact green ball, which is said in E. Bot. to
be sometimes used for wiping pens upon. The name is derived from its
resemblance to the balls that are found in the stomach of goats. The
other Scottish station, (Mugdoch Lake,) given in the Flora Scotica,\s
incorrect, and belongs to C.fracta.
b. Inhabiting the sea.
37. C. pellucida, Hudson, (pellucid three-branched Conferva);
filaments cartilaginous rigid erect bright pellucid-green trichotomous,
axils acute, articulations many times longer than
broad.— Dillir. Conf t. 90. E. Bot. t. 1716, (excellent.) A