confervas

Picture to yourself some very tiny bags made of a kind of jelly; gray, brown, or, most commonly of all, green in color, always transparent, and fastened by their base to the stalks of _carex, _ water-lentils, or the confervas, which grow in still water.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

We entered one of these caverns to gather the confervas that were spread over the clefts and humid sides of the rock.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

We entered one of these caverns to gather the confervas that were spread over the clefts and humid sides of the rock.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814