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Tl.cellaph. 2.THALASS.IOPHYT^. S3. Batrach. 331
2. Balrachosperminn vagum. Vague hiot-tveed.
Thallus forked, round, equal ; Iranches spreading ; tivigs
in whirls, forked, very close ; joints ovate, beadlike.
Conferva alpina lubrica, filamentis nodosis cseri'.leis, Dillen Muse,
Conferva gelatinosa o, Huds. Fl. Jngl. 598.
Chara gelatinosa vaga, Roth Germ. 1, 127.
Conferya gelatinosa casrulescens, fVakl, 510.
Batrachosperma turfosa, B. de St. Vine, ^nn Mus. 12, 310.
Batracliospermnm moniliforme vagum, Roth Cat. 3,482.
Batrachospermum vagum, Agardh Syn. 123.
Ponds in boggy soils.
Thallus less slimy, stiflPer and more slender than the
preceding; not appearing like a row of beads.
E. HuTCHiNSiDE.E. T/wllus threadlike, main stem solid,
continuous, jointed or with an internal jointed axis; joints
composed of man}'^ veins or tubes ; iwigs jointed, joints
simple or compound; knots mostly coloured; sporidia enclosed
in a capsule-like theea. — Reddish or greenish
mostly marine.
IX. 34. CLADOSTEPHUS. Agardh. Bottlehrusli-weed.
Thallus olive, branched ; main JUamenl solid, jointed ;
/zt'fg'^ jointed, in whirls, mostly simple; 70272/5 simple; theece
ovate, peduncled, on the side of the twigs.
1. Cladoslephus verticillatus. JVkirl lottlelrush-weed.
Thallus forked, branchedj brownish olive; iwigs mostly
2-cut, incurved, in regular Avh iris, short, tilediike; jom/5
broader than long; thec(£ elliptical, oblong.
Conferva verticillata, LigMf. Scot. 984 ; Dillw. Conf. 55 ; Engl. Bot
1718.
Conferva myriopliyllum. Roth Cat. 3,212.
Cladostephus verticillatus, Agardh Disp. 26.
Ceramium verticillatiira, De Cand. Fl. Fr. 39.
Fucus verticillatus, Wulf. Crypt. Gott. 13.
Sea-coasts.
Main stem very thick, spreading; thecce. on the twigs of
the old main stem.
2. Cladostephus spojigiosus. Spongy hotllehnish-weed.
Thallus branched, olive-green ; tivigs simple, bent inwards,
scattered, tiledlike; joints little longer than broad;
thecce reverse-ovate.
Fucus teretifolius spongiosus pilosissimus, Rail Syn, 46.
Fucus hirsutus, Lin. Mant, 134.
Conferva spongiosa, Huds. Fl.Angl. 596; Dillw. Conf- 42.
Cladostephus spongiosus, Agardh Disp. 26.