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C O N F E R V A lanosa*
Woolly Green 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. Yellowish green, repeatedly branched.
Filaments somewhat beaded. Branches remote,
alternate. Lower joints twice as long as broad;
upper much longer; all slightly tumid.
Syn. Conferva lanosa. Roth. C a ta l.fa sc . 3 . 291. t. 9.
Dillw. Syn. n. 109. t. E.
C o m m u n ic a t e d from Cromer by Mr. Turner. We
have it also from the Rev. H. Davies. By what Mr. Dillwyn
remarks, it appears to be not uncommon, growing on rocks,
or on large marine plants, in the sea. .
It forms dense tufts, springing from a flat disk (according to
Roth), not above an inch high, of a yellowish green when
fresh; when dry more white and opaque, so that it may be
passed over as a faded or bad specimen, in which state we
think we have seen it, of a small size, not unfrequently on
other plants. The filaments are rather beaded, in texture
feeling like cotton, much and alternately, rather distantly,
branched. The jpints are slightly tumid; the lower ones
scarcely twice as long as broad ; the upper much longer,
though unequal in that respect. This difference seems to have
escaped Dr. Roth, but Mr. Dillwyn assures us his specimens
agreed with those of that learned botanist.