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C H O N D R IA PARVULA.
Small Chondria.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA ALGÆ, Linn—N a t . O r d . ALGÆ, J uss.
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GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Frons cartilaginea (Jiliformis, ramentis subclavatis sæpe obsita). Fructus duplex
: capsuloe sporidiis pyriformibus pedicellatis, et globuli sporidiorum ter-
normn immersi.—A g .
Frond cartilaginous (filiform and often set with subclavate ramuli). Fructification
double : capsules containing stalked pyriform sporidia, and
immersed globules of ternate sporidia.
S P E C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
C h o n d r ia pax¡m\a; frondeJiliformi, articúlala, ramis sparsis, intricatis, articu-
lis diámetro wqualibus, cujmdis ovatis.
C. frond filiform, jointed, the branches scattered, entangled, joints equal in
length and breadth, capsules ovate.
C h o n d r ia p a r v u l a , Ag. Syst. Alg. p . 2 0 7 -
F u cu s kaliformis, var. y, nanus. Turn. FUst. Fuc. p. 61.
H a b . In the sea. On the shores of Devonshire, at Torquay, Sidmouth, & c .
producing fructification in Ju ly , August, and September, Mrs G r i f f
i t h s . At Brighton among rejectamenta, Mr B o r r e h .
Plant growing on other marine algse in tufts, about three inches long.
Fronds branched, entangled, and, as it were, here and there growing into
one another, of a pale red colour, divided by real dissepiments into joints
about equal in length and breadth, though the former sometimes exceeds
the la tte r; branches irregular, scattered, spreading, obtuse, bearing
smaller ones equally irregular. Fructification red ternate sporidia imbedded
in th e substance of the branches, and ovate capsules contracted
at their base, containing a nucleus of red, oblong-cuneiform sporidia.
This alga was described by Mr D a w s o n T u r n e r as a
variety of Chondria haliformis; but he justly observes, “ that
it is a most remarkable variety, and might easily be taken for a
distinct species.” To this rank it has been raised by A g a r d h
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