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C O N F E R V A gelatinoia.
F t og-fjiazvn C on ferva .
C R Y P TO G A MIA Alga.
G eit. Char. Seeds in round, folitary,projecting from the frond, but un ictelodf ewdi tthu bite.rcles,
Specp. oCunhda rfi.b reBs rbaenacrhinesg tbheea dfreudi,t awnitdh vwerhyo greieladt incooums.
S yn. Conferva gelatinofa. Linn. Sp.P l. 1635. H udf
5 9 7- With. v. 4. 134. Hull. 332. Relb. SuppJ. 2. 21. Sibth. 337. Abbot. C. fontana nodola, fpermatis 2r7a5n.arum inftar lubrica, major et fufca. Dill. Mufc. 36. t. 7. f 42. Dili,
in Rail Syn. Chara batracho6fp2e.rma. Weis Gott. 33. t. 1.
J A T H E R E D in a d e a r r iv u le t a t H o p to n , S u f fo lk , n e a r
Y a rm o u th , b y M r , D . T u rn e r la ft A p r i l . W e h a v e fo u n d it
o n r lm d o lv e f to n c om m o n , N o r fo lk , an d in o th e r p la c e s , g e n e r
a lly in th e fum m e r . I t is a lw a y s im m e r fed in th e m o ft p e llu c
id w a te r s , g ro w in g - a t ta c h e d to p e b b le s , and f lo w in g w ith th e
I tre am .
T h e w h o le p la n t is e x t r em e ly f l im y an d flip p e r y to th e
t o u c h , an d v e r y t e n d e r ; its c o lo u r d a rk g r e e n ; in fom e v a r ie tie
s p a le r , in o th e r s b lu e ifb . S tem v e r y m u c h b r a n ch e d ,
an d a p p a r e n t ly com p o fed o f th ic k - fe t b e a d - l ik e jo in t s , e a c h o f
w h i c h is in fa d : a w h o r l o f m in u te c om p o u n d filam en ts , e v e r y
c om p o u n d filam en t fu f ta in in g o n e f r u i t . 3
M r . T u r n e r ju f t ly ob fe rv e s th a t W e i s , w h o h a s g iv e n a m o f t
e la b o r a te d e fc r ip t io n and e x c e l le n t fig u r e o f th is p la n t , w o u ld
n e v e r h a v e th o u g h t it a Chara i f th a t g en u s had b e en th en w e ll
k n o w n , o r i f h e h a d , b y a re fid en ce o n th e fea fh o re , b e e n a c q
u a in te d w i th th e f r u d i f ic a t io n o f real Conferva 5 fe e C byf-
foides, t. 5 4 7 . M r . T u r n e r fu fp e d s th a t H u d fo n ’ s v a r ie ty
43 o f D i l le n iu s , m a y b e a .d i f t in d : fp e c ie s , th e ram if ic
a t io n , w h e n e x am in e d u n d e r a m ic ro fc o p e , b e in g d iflim ila r .
— T h e ftem o f C . gelatinofa, h ig h ly m a g n ifie d , appears to b e
a n a lm o f t co lo u r le fs t ran fp a ren t m em b ra n e , jo in t e d l ik e m o ft
o f th e g e n u s .
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