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 . e. Ilini. Ulvacece. Plate CCLXXXII. ENTEROMORPHA RALFSII, Han Gen. Char. Frond tabular, membranaceous, of a green colour, and reti-culated structure. Fructification : granules, commonly in fours,contained in the cells of the frond. Enteromorpha (Link),—fromcvrtpov, an en trail, and nop<pr},form or appearance. Enteromorpha Balfsii; frond capillary, simple
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 . e. Ilini. Ulvacece. Plate CCLXXXII. ENTEROMORPHA RALFSII, Han Gen. Char. Frond tabular, membranaceous, of a green colour, and reti-culated structure. Fructification : granules, commonly in fours,contained in the cells of the frond. Enteromorpha (Link),—fromcvrtpov, an en trail, and nop<pr},form or appearance. Enteromorpha Balfsii; frond capillary, simple, or having a few short,spine-like ramuli, nearly solid, laxly reticulated; the cells large,hyaline (two to four in the breadth of the frond), each cell containinga brilliant-green grain of endochrome. Hab. On the oozy sea-shore, above half-tide level, spreading Summer. Bangor, North Wales, &c, Mr. Ralfs. Geogr. Distr. (?) Descr. Fronds many inches long, exceedingly slender, varying from less thanthe diameter of human hair to nearly that of horsehair, densely aggre-gated, decumbent, and spreading in wide, continuous strata, whichcover any object they encounter. Each frond is simple, unbranched,
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