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C O N F E R V A riparia,
Entangled Shore Conferva.
CRYPTOGAMIA Algce.
GeN. ChAr. Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Green. Filaments much branched, divaricated
and entangled towards their extremities;
simple below. Joints twice as long as broad, the
seeds settling towards each end.
Syn. Conferva riparia. Roth. Catal. fa sc . 3. 216.
Dillw. Syn. n. 111. i.E .
C o l l e c t e d by Miss Hutchins in Bantry bay, and sent
us by Mr. Turner. We have hot seen it fresh, but our dried
specimens confirm Dr. Roth’s account of the seeds settling
finally towards each end of the joints.
It composes dense tufts of a bright green, but the filaments
are chiefly branched towards the end, where they are excessively
entangled, their branches being numerous and divaricated.
All the filaments are capillary, and even; their joints
about twice as long as broad, not at all tumid. Roth’s name
is not very discriminative. Mr. Dillwyn however says he has
found this same species in salt pools ly the side of the Yare
near Yarmouth, which renders it the more appropriate.