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THOREA ramosissima.
Much-branched, Thorea.
CRYPTOGAMIA Algce.
Gen. Char. Frond gelatinous, cylindrical, filiform,
compound, densely clothed with short, patent,
articulated, byssoid threads which bear scattered,
pyriform, simple spores.
Spec. Char. Frond much-branched, dark green,
becoming purple when dry.
Syn. Thorea ramosissima. Bory Ann. Mus. 12. t. 18.
f. 1; Naturf. Fr. Mag. v. 2. 1808, 227. t. 6.f. 1.
Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 2. 121; Syst. Alg. 56. Duby Bot.
Gall. v. 2. 977. Harv. Man. Br. Alg. 120. Kiitz.
Phyc. Gen. 326.1.16.f. 1. Hass. v.\. 65. Moug.
8g Nest. no. 795. Desm. PI. Crypt, de la France,
no. 1612.
Thorea hispida. Desv. Flore de I’Anjou, 16,
Thorea Lehmanni. Ilornm. FI. Dan.t. 1594.ƒ. 1.
Lyngb. Hyd. Dan. 53. t. 13.
Conferva hispida. Thore Mag. Encycl.v.5.398. t.b.
Conferva hirsuta. Thore Essai d’une Chloris du
Dép. des Landes, 442 (1803).
Conferva flexuosa |3. y. Bory It. v. 2. 366.
Batrachospermum hispidum. DeC. Syn. 12; FI. Fr.
v. 2. 60.
ChordariaThoreana. Wallr. Comp.FI. Germ.vA.25.
fJlLl HIS beautiful plant was first introduced to our Flora by
Dr. Harvey in his Manual, who admitted it on the statement
of Mr. Templeton, that he found it in a pool of a bog