CRYPTOGAMS Alga.
Gen. Char, .Seeefc produced within the substance of
the capillary or jointed frond, or in closed tubercles
united with it.
Spec. Char. Brownish black. Filaments very much
branched, level-topped, somewhat cartilaginous.
Joints broader than long, pervaded by a central
jointed filament. Capsules ovate, solitary, sessile,
towards the summits of the branches.
Syn. Conferva polymorpha. Linn. Sp. PL 1 6 3 6 . Huds.
5 9 9 . With. v. 4. 1 3 8 . Hull. 3 3 3 . Light/. 989.
Relh. 4 8 4 . Dillw. Conf. t. 4 4 . FI. Dan. t. 395.
C. marina geniculata nigra palmata. D ili. Muse. 3 2 .
t. 6 . / . 3 5 .
C. marina geniculata ramosissima lubrica, brevibus et
palmatim congestis ramulis. Dill, in R ail Syn. 6 1 .
Ceramium fastigiatum. Roth. Catal. v. 2. 1 7 5 .
Fucus lanosus. Linn. Syst. Peg. ed. 1 3 . 8 1 5 . Herb.
Linn.
