CRYPTOGAMIA Algos.
Gen. Char. Seeds produced in round, solitary, closed
tubercles, projecting from the frond, but united
with it.
Spec. Char. Red, repeatedly branched, very slender
and tu fted ; the ultimate branches all pectinated on
the upper side. Articulations pellucid, cylindrical.
Capsules globose, sessile between the teeth of the
branches, leaning one way.
T h e k n ow led g e o f th is n ew an d b e au tifu l species o f C o n ferva
we have derived f rom M r . T u rn e r , wh o se deep a cq u a in tan
ce w ith th e in tr ic a te trib e to w h ic h i t b e longs ju s t ly en title s
h im to he c om m em o ra te d in th e n am e . O u r spe c im en s were
collected by M is s .B id d u lp h , in th e sea off th e I s le o f W ig h t ,
a n d ne ar S o u th am p to n , some o f th em so lo n g ago as 1 7 9 0 ,
in th e m o n th s o f M a y , J u n e an d J u ly .
This Conferva seems allied to the rosea, figured in our 14th
volume, t. 9G6, but is clearly distinguished by its ultimate
subdivisions, which are finely pectinate, or formed of rows of
little taper teeth pointing all one way and towards the upper
part. These little comb-like branches are regularly ranged, in
an opposite manner, all along the stem. The capsules are
sessile between the teeth, globular, deep red, at length scattering
their seeds (which are large in proportion to the capsules)
over the branches, to which they for a while adhere.
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