Chantransia H e rm an n i. (RotJi.) Kutz. Phyc. Germ. 230.
Cæspitose, pale rosy-purple, three lines long ; tlireads and
branches whip-hke, straight, branchlets spreading, then ascending,
joints 3-6 times as long as broad, the final joints cuspidate,
or rarely piliferous. ^ ’
S iz e . Cells -009--002 mm. diam.
4 0 ^ Kirch. Alg. Schles. 46. Kutz. Tab. Phyc. v 43 f 2
Trente),oMia pulcjiella (Ag.) Eng. Fl. v., 882. Eng. Bot. il..
Hib l i s ■ "*■
Conferva nana, Dillw. Conf. t. 30. Gray Arr. i., 308. Eng.
-Bot, 1., t. 2585. ^
On aquatic plants in streams.
imnerfectUv‘t o r n ’’“ U( gelatinous,impertectiy to papei ; they are often confluent, their co laonudr aisd hreedred ibsuh t
becoming tawny by age, and in drying. Filaments much branched mail
branches elongated, somewhat level-topped, fructiferous branches lateral
f inX '°U rU ^T ‘’ Ckpsulesat firsUcval oi
Joints of ™ f manner, mostly stalked.
eborter n f f f Z j “ broad, those of fertile branches
mUe p k te n f r a l lU ^ ^ iT ^ s
Plate CXFIII. fig. 2. Portion of filament X 300 diam.
Chantransia cha lyb ea . {Lyngb.) Kutz. Phyo. Gen. 229.
Cæspitose, steel-blue, about an inch long. Threads radiately
disposed, adpressed, branches straight, joints three to six times
brancWets ’ ®P°''®® collected in a racemose manner on lateral
S iz e . Cells -Ol-'Oll mm. diam
Ralfs. Ann Nat. Hist. 1851, p. 304. Brit. Algæ Exs. No.
11. Rabh. Alg. Eur. m., 402.
Conferva cJialybea,T)i\\w. Conf. t. 91.
Conferva corymbosa, Eng. Bot. i., t. 1666, f. 1 .
Trentepohlia corymUfera, Eng. Bot. ii., t.’ 2534.
■M Eng. Fl. V.,’ 382. Harv.
Man. 118. Mao. Hib. 219.
Trentepohlia chalybea, Johnst. Fl. Berw. ii,, 243
Ectocarpus chalybeus, Gray Arr. i., 322.
Trentepohlia pulchella, Hass. Alg. 7 3 , t. 8, f. 2 ,
Rivulets, waterfalls, and on water-wheels.
■RrsnUhU 'U U or less tinged with green,
fhsn hrnsd w’’ l®);el-fopped, erect, their joints 4-6 times longer
nnssiumallllyv ttuurrge-idd . UCa psUul"e's“ orbu-i cular, ceo'-rPyPm'-ebeosseed., ”t—heiifra j/osi.nts shorter and
t h r U S x m " '“'"'■a' 5, portions of
Chantransia pygmæa. Kutz. Phy. Gen. 285.
Tufts rounded, about a line in diameter, dingy greenish, becoming
reddish, violet, or steel-blue when dry ; threads proceeding
from a common centre, branched upwards in a somewhat
fasciculate manner, branches erect, parallel, rather adpressed ;
joints 2 - 3 times as long as broad, apical joints obtuse ; fascicles
lateral or terminal.
S iz e . Cells -Ü11--014 mm. diam.
Rabh. Alg. Eur. iii., 408. Kiroh. Alg. Sohles. 47. Kutz.
Tab. Phyo. v., t. 45, f. 2.
in streams and springs.
Plate CXIX. fig. 2. a, tufts natural size ; b, portions of filaments X
300 diam.
Chantransia in v e s t ie n s . Lenorriand in Kutz. Sp. 431.
Parasitic, rose-red, much braucbed, joints many times longer
than broad, spores solitary or in pairs, lateral and terminal,
clavate or obovate.
Siz e . Cells -006 mm. diam.
Ealfs. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1851, p. 303. Ralfs. Brit. Alg. Exs.
No. 12. Kutz. Tab. Phyo. v., t. 45, f. 4.
Batrachospermum rubrum, Hass. Alg. 113, t. 15, f. 2-3.
On Batrachospermum moniliforme and B . atrum.
“ Plant brigbt red, at first appearing as a minute reddish stain, finally
clothing the invested plant with a continuous downy covering. Filaments
creeping and interlacing at base, and surrounding the plant on
which it grows, much branched. Branches not attenuated, alternate,
erect, elongated ; joints very long, often twelve times as long as broad,
and filled with pink, slightly granular endochrome. Capsules clavate or
obovate, alternate or opposite, sometimes, though rarely, opposite a
branch ; the terminal ones are more orbicnlar.”—Balfs.
Plate CXIX. fig . 1. Portions of filaments X 300 diam.
Uncertain
Chantransia sc o tic a . Kutz. Tab. Phyc. v. t. 42.
Cæspitose, about an inch long, steel blue ; threads sparingly
branched, branches rather elongated, and, as well as the
branches, somewhat divergent ; joints 2-3 times as long as
broad.
S iz e . Cells about •009--01 mm. diam.
Eabh. Alg. Eur. iii. 402.
On old immersed wood.
We have no knowledge of this species. The figure is reproduced from
that of Kutzing.