Phycologia britannica, or, A History of British sea-weeds, containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands . w deposited in theHookerian Herbarium, and from one of these our figure anddescription have been taken. Capt. Carmichael describes it ascommonly fringing the leaves of Zostera at Appin, and probablyit may be found in many places where it has been overlooked,its minute size protecting it from all but a very careful eye. y 2 On the other hand, its bright colour will make it b
Phycologia britannica, or, A History of British sea-weeds, containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands . w deposited in theHookerian Herbarium, and from one of these our figure anddescription have been taken. Capt. Carmichael describes it ascommonly fringing the leaves of Zostera at Appin, and probablyit may be found in many places where it has been overlooked,its minute size protecting it from all but a very careful eye. y 2 On the other hand, its bright colour will make it be easilydetected, when specially sought for. By comparing the figure now given with that of Bangia cera-micola (Plate CCCXVIL), the differences between these speciesmay readily be seen; differences which preclude us from re-garding them as states of the same plant, as Kutzing that acute author, not having seen any specimen ofour British plant, first described by Capt. Carmichael, hasmistaken some other plant for it. Fig. 1. Portion of a leaf of Zostera marina, fringed with Bangia ciliaris:—the natural size. 2. Fronds of Bangia ciliaris, of different diameters :—highly magnified. riicA > >. Scr. Chlorospekmeje. Fam. Ulvacea. Plate CCCXVII. BANGIA? CERAMICOLA, Cham. Gen. Char. Frond filiform, tubular, composed of numerous radiatingcells, disposed in transverse rows, aud enclosed within a hyaline, con-tinuous sheath. Spores purple or green, one formed in each of thecells of the frond. Bangia (Lyngb.),—in honour of Hoffman Bang,a Danish naturalist and friend of Lyngbye. Bangia ceramicola; filaments parasitica], very slender, flaccid, elongated, rosy; articulations once or twice as long as broad, longitudinally striate; the endochrome at length globular and escaping through the broken tube. {Carm.) Bangia ceramicola, Chauv. Recherches, &c., p. 29. Harv. Man. ed. ii. p. 218. Ceramium ceramicola, Ag. Sp. Alg. vol. ii. p. 155. Goniotrichum ceramicola, Kiit
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