C O N F E R V A scopulorura.
Green P lu sh 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. Dark green. Filaments simple, short,
ascending, curved, taper pointed; glutinous and
cohering at the base. Joints very sfiort.
Syn. Conferva scopulorum. Weber and M ohrs Jo u rney
to Sweden, 195. t. 3./. 3. Dillw. Syn, n. 12.
t. A.
GATHERED on planks in the sea, over which it spreads to
a great extent, near Bognor, Sussex, by Mr. Borrer, to whom
we are obliged for specimens verified by a comparison with
some sent to Mr. Turner by Dr. Mohr. It is well figured in
a small German volume, which describes a scientific tour
through Sweden, performed by this gentleman and his friend
Weber.
The patches of this diminutive Conferva resemble coarse
dark-green plush or velvet, and consist of innumerable simple
filaments, which stand nearly erect, but not perfectly so, each
being irregularly bent or curved. The extremities are mostly
taper-pointed and pellucid, sometimes rather tumid. Joints
twice as broad as long. Mr. Dillwyn remarks that the filaments
ate agglutinated together towards the base in a singular
manner.. When dry they cohere in curved clotted tufts.