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CRYPTOGAMIA Algce.
Gen. Char. Seeds produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Red, much branched. Main stems thick,
naked, without evident joints. Branches compound,
tufted, somewhat whorled ; their ultimate segments
alternate. Joints as broad as long. Capsules sessile,
globose.
Syn. Conferva Arbuscula. Dillw. Conf. t. 85.
F o r this also we are indebted to Miss Hutchins, who sent
it from Bantry bay to Mr. Turner, and the specimens are the
more interesting for being in fruit, which Mr. Dillwyn, the
only author who has published this species, seems not to have
known. Mr. R. Brown, Librarian to the Linneean Society,
appears to have first found this Conferva,. and the name was
of his choice.
This name well expresses the little tree-like form of the
plant with its remarkably thick stem and main branches, in
which all traces of joints are obliterated. The subordinate
branches are doubly «iompound, somewhat whorled in the first
instance, their ultimate divisions alternate and distant •, but
the whole together constitute dense tufts of a pale brownish
red, whose joints are evident, each about as long as broad.
Capsules axillary, sessile, globular, dark red.
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