C O N F E R V A flavescens.
Yellowish-green Conferva.
CRYPTOGJMIA Algae,
Gen. Char. Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Yellowish-green, repeatedly branched,
even; ultimate branches alternately two-ranked,
short. Joints cylindrical, many times longer than
broad.
Syn. Conferva flavescens. Rath. C a ta l.fa sc . 2 . 224,
fa sc . 3. 241. Dillw. Syn. n. 96. *.E (n o tD ).
GATHERED by Mr. W. J. Hooker in ditches at Cley, and
by Mr. Turner in salt-water marshes about Yarmouth. The
tufts are large, erect, a span high, of a light yellowish green.
The plants crowded, very much and repeatedly branched
throughout, slender, capillary, even ; the larger branches
opposite or forked ; the ultimate ones short, simple, spreading
two opposite ways in short alternate rows. Joints cylindrical,
about 6 or 8 times as long as they are broad. The fructification
is supposed by Dr. Roth to be internal, within each joint,
Mr. Dillwyn mentions this species as found also in the
New River at Stoke Newington, by Mr. Joseph Woods.