C O N F E R V A lubrica.
Slippery Green Conferva.
CRYPTOGAMIA Algae.
G en. Char. Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Green, gelatinous, very much branched;
branches opposite, crowded, the ultimate ones very
sharp, mostly alternate. Joints about as broad as
long.
Syn. Conferva lubrica. I)illw . Conf. t. 57. Syn. n. 89.
C O M M U N I C A T E D b y M r . T u r n e r f r om a r iv u le t a t L o u n d
n e a r Y a rm o u th , w h e r e M r . D i l lw y n in fo rm s u s i t w a s fir s t
d is c o v e r e d b y h im s e lf , an d th a t h e h a s s in c e fo u n d i t , m u c h
m o r e a b u n d a n t ly , n e a r Sw a n s e a .
I t g r o w s o n w o o d o r s to n e s , in f lo a t in g m a s s e s , f r om a
s p a n to a fo o t lo n g , o f a fin e s l ig h t ly g la u c o u s g r e e n , v e r y
g e la t in o u s an d s lip p e r y to th e to u c h . E a c h fro n d o r filam en t
is in th e m a in s im p le , b u t b e se t th ro u g h o u t w i th n um e ro u s ,
o p p o s it e , c om p o u n d b ra n ch e s o f v a r io u s le n g th s , w h o s e u l t
im a t e d iv is io n s a re v e r y a c u t e ly aw lsh a p e d , an d m o s t ly a l-
te rn a te . T h e jo in t s a re a b o u t a s lo n g as th e y a re broad^ o r
ra th e r lo n g e r .--------T h i s is m o s t a k in to C. mutalilis, t. 1 7 4 0 ,
b u t th e y a re a b u n d a n t ly d is t in c t .