j 50 Dr. GoodenoUgh and Mr, Woodward'j Obfervathns on 



ortu ramofa fit, rami omnes multoties dichotomi, apicibus patenti- 

 bus lanccolatis acutis — Fndiificatio, tubercula conferta in ipfis apici- 

 bus fita. * 



Obf. From denuo inferne membrana alata faepius vi fluctuum 

 orba eft — Inde, quo injuriam citius, pro effcetis quafi viribus, repa- 

 rare qneat, ramulos plurimos, breves, diftichos, foliornm aemulos, 

 •cmittit — Margines ramorum per totam plantam femper integerrimi 

 Q olor olivaceus. 



This plant is not to be found fo generally as moft of this order. 

 It is very frequent at Chriftchurch, and indeed more common there 

 than vejiculofus. It is moft readily diftinguifhed from veficulofus by 

 its having no bladders, by its narrow form throughout, and by the 

 {harp forked termination of its branches : thefe two laft. circum- 

 ftances ferve to diftinguifh it very effectually from F. Jpiralis. Al- 

 though we lay fome ftrefs upon the narrownefs of the branches, 

 yet it muft not be underftood, that we are always to have that cir- 

 cumftance to direct our judgment; for fometimes it is to be met 

 with, with branches as broad as the narrower ones of veficulofus — 

 and in this cafe oftentimes not only the points of the branches, 

 but the two laft dichotomies, are entirely loaded with cluttered tu- 

 bercles. The points of the branches are always very acute. 



We have no hefitation in pronouncing this the ceranoides of Lin- 

 naeus. We have been fo long accuftomed to call the crifpus of 

 Linn, by this name, that it may feem grievous to fome to have fo 

 apt an appellation totally changed : however, they muft confider 

 that the having continued long in an error is no juftification 

 for having done fo ; and they fhould rejoice, not regret, at gaining 

 more perfect knowledge. 



This plant has been thought by fome, particularly Mr. Lightfoot, 



to 



