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the slightest agitation of the water, and adhere closely to paper
and glass in drying.” To this I have only to add that the
figiu-e here given has been drawn from the original specimen,
and that no one has since met with a similar one in this country.
Kiitzing, however, states that he has received it from the north
of Germany. The filaments differ from each other very extraordinarily
in diameter, so that one might suppose there were
half a dozen different species under the microscope together.
The specific character least variable seems to be the extreme
lubricity and softness.
Fig. 1. Tuft of CoNPEKVA COLLABENS;— tU natural size. 2. Filameuts of
various diameters:— all Uglily
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