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C O N F E R V A laetfe -virens.
L ig h t-g r e en Bushy Conferva.
CRYPTOGAMIA Alga.
Gen. Char. Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Bright pale green, much branched, rather
rigid; ultimate divisions pointing to one side. Joints
thrice as long as broad, with pellucid partitions.
S y n . Conferva kete-virens. Dillw. Conf. t. 4 8 . Wood
in Rees’s Cyclop, n. 72,
SEN T by Mr. W . Borrer, in July last, fresh from the sea
at Brighlhelmston, It was first observed and described by
Mr. Dillwyn, who finds it very common on the shores of
South Wales, growing either on other sea plants or on stones,
and often nearly filling the basons among the rocks, where
“ its light green colour, and bushy mode of growth,” distinguish
it.
The fronds float horizontally, and are very much branched
and tufted, somewhat rigid; their fine ultimate divisions
pointing, many together, all to one side, then several to the
other side. The joints are about thrice as long as broad, cylindrical,
with pellucid partitions. No fruit has been as yet
detected,