/ s / ' [ 1741 ]
CONFERVA Borreri.
Borrerian Conferva.
CKYPTOGAMIA Algos,
G e & . C h a r . Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
S p e c . C h a r . Bright red, capillary, repeatedly branched.
Branches all alternate, spreading in two directions,
zigzag; the ultimate ones level-topped. Joints cylindrical,
about twice as long as broad.
G a t h e r e d on Yarmouth beach, in October last, by
William Borrer junior, Esq. F .L .S ., to whom the botany of
England is so much indebted that we are happy to commemorate
his name with this beautiful plant, which Mr. Turner, to
whom we are obliged for many remarks Concerning it, has
destined for the purpose.
C. Borreri grows from a small disk, in tufts about 2 inches
high, of a beautiful delicate pink colour, turning orange when
kept out of the sea water. Its fronds are extremely slender,
much and repeatedly branched, the branches somewhat zigzag,
spreading in 2 ranks ; the ultimate ones level-topped, or, as
it were, corymbose. The joints are cylindrical, a little contracted
where they meet, qbout twice or thrice as long as
broad. We know nothing of the fructification. It may be
expected to resemble that of C. setacea, t. 1689.