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 . omous, the angles rounded; ramuli few and patent. Articulationsvery uniform, about once and half as long as broad; filled with oliva-ceous (?) or dull green endochrome, and separated by exceedingly narrowdissepiments. Apices on my specimen often broken. Substance mem-branaceous, adhering to paper. A puzzle, figured with the hope that it may lead to morecertain information.
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 . omous, the angles rounded; ramuli few and patent. Articulationsvery uniform, about once and half as long as broad; filled with oliva-ceous (?) or dull green endochrome, and separated by exceedingly narrowdissepiments. Apices on my specimen often broken. Substance mem-branaceous, adhering to paper. A puzzle, figured with the hope that it may lead to morecertain information. The external habit is between that ofC. uncialis and Edocarpus littoralis, but the threads are verymuch more robust than in the former; and differently branchedfrom the latter, as well as more robust. The plant is, however,much battered and water-worn, having most of its upperbranches and ramuli broken off:—and I am not prepared tosay whether it be not some species in a dilapidated condition,whose proper character is thus concealed, or as it were shownin caricature. B. Fig. 1. Cladophora inamqina :—the natural size. 2. Filaments :—mag-nified. 3. Small portion of the same :—more highly magnified. rid/r ccicvm. Ser. Chlorosperme/e. Fam. Cmfervea. Plate FLAVESCENS, Kg. Gkn. Char. Filaments green, attached, uniform, branched, composed ofa single series of cells or articulations. Fruit, aggregated granulesor zoospores, contained in the articulations, having, at some period,a proper ciliary motion. Cladophora [Kidz.),—from xXaSor, a branch,and opeco, to bear. Cladophora Jlavescens; forming pale yellowish strata; filaments slender,sparingly branched; branches alternate or subdichotomous, erecto-patent, with scattered, elongate, alternate or secund ramuli; articula-tions from eight to nine times as long as flavescens, Kg. Phyc. Gen. p. 267. Harv. Man. ed. 2. p. Sp. Alg. p. 402. Conferva flavescens, Roth. Cat. Bot. vol. ii. p. 22-1.
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