ALGA

(Lat.), n.f. A?l(a®l/gas. Fr., algue. Ger., Alge, Meer gras. It, Sp.,alga. 1. A sea-weed (the singular of alge [q. = 2. A genus of marine naiad a ceo us plants established by Lamarck, now referred to Zoster a. [B.|—A. corraloides [Rumphius]. The Graciiaria lichenoides. [B.]—A. marina. 1, The Chondrus crisp us, [L, 78.] 2. Of Lamarck, the Zoster a marina,,|B, 173.]—A. of the mouth. See LEPTOTHRIX buccal is.—A. zeylanica. The Gracilaria lichenvides, [B.] ALGACEÆ (Lat.), n. £. pl. A?l(a’]) Pt e9). Fr., algacées. A cla of plants established by Gleditsch, corre- Eom in part to Algæ, together with Lich enes and Hepaticæ, including the genera Riccia, Nemella, Lichen, Fucus, Ulva, Conferva, and Spongia. [B, 170.]