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_Conferva_ being simple rows of cells, others like _Stigeoclonium_
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Again, _nidi_ were found partially filled with only the casts of worms, whilst others contained more or less of a species of Conferva; and, lastly, I obtained some with the cavities partially or wholly filled up.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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As the tide goes down, the higher reaches of the rock are seen to be clothed by Conferva rupestris as by a sward of grass; upon the more exposed edges, where the currents are most swift and the breach of the sea heaviest, Baderlock or Henware flourishes; and the great
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As the tide goes down, the higher reaches of the rock are seen to be clothed by Conferva rupestris as by a sward of grass; upon the more exposed edges, where the currents are most swift and the breach of the sea heaviest, Baderlock or Henware flourishes; and the great
Records of a Family of Engineers Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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The flats along the beach are several miles broad, intersected with tidal creeks, and covered with short grass, while below high-water mark all is mud, coated with green _Conferva.
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_Conferva crispata_ again, as mentioned above, occurs in several localities; and in one locality a beautiful unbranched _Conferva, _ with torulose articulations.
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_Conferva_ extremely delicate with very long articulations, singularly swollen at the commissures.
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We have for instance from the Ganges, opposite Bijnour, a _Batrachospermum_ and _Conferva crispata, _ the former purple below, with specimens of _Chantransia, _ exactly as they might occur in the Thames.
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The water of the cold spring is sweet but not good, and emits gaseous bubbles; it was covered with a green floating _Conferva.
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Tyndaridea, _ and _Conferva, _ is, after all, not a very satisfactory process.
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