lS2 Di . Goodenough and Mr. Woodward^ Obfcrvatiom an 



repentem dicas — Rami primariiramulislatiores funt, varie ramofi — ■ 

 Hamuli diftichi, fub-oppofiti, modo divaricati, modo adfcendentes, 

 juniorcs tenues acuti fub-fetacei, adultiores paulum dilatati obtufi. 

 Hi ramuli aliquando fimplices evadunt, faepius apicem verfus ramu- 

 los minores gerunt, ejufdem ac priorum, pro astate, forma: — Color 

 amoene ruber — Subflaniia cartilaginea — Fruffificaiio, tubercnla in ra- 

 mulorum adultiorum apicibus — Altiiudo i — 4 uncialis. 



Far. fi. Omnia ut in var. a. — Sed from omnino tenuis et inter- 

 num fere capillaris — Ramuli extremi nonnunquam pro habitu fron- 

 dis valde dilatati — Ramuli omnes horizontaliter fefe porrigunt — 

 From faturatius rubra, 



Var. y. Frons inferne fazpe fimplex et nudiufcula eft — Ramuli 

 •omnes patentes acutiufculi — In hac var. fructificationem nondum 

 vidimus. — Rami tenues admodum fub-triplicato-pinnati — Frons 

 pallide rufa. 



Far. £, Haec var. prsecedentibus paulo altior exfurgit — Rami 

 omnes et ramuli fere pari latitudine, angufti f. tenues, obtufi, ra- 

 mofiflimi — Ramuli patentes bafi attenuati — Color faturatius ruber — 

 Fruclificatio hodie ignota. 



We have not proceeded in our arrangement and defcription of 

 the feveral varieties above mentioned, without much caution and 

 repeated examination. That in an artificial fyftem they cannot be 

 ieparated, but are really connected by links of nice gradation, will 

 be evident to any one who will trace them out carefully. We are 

 confirmed in this the more by obferving, that all botanifts * 

 have been puzzled in allotting limits to Mr. Hudfon's comeus, pin- 

 natus, and filicinus. The grand character in all is, their throwing 



* Gmelin remarks/. 239 — Fuc'% in Flora Anglica Hudfoni duhn\ F. filicinus et 



FINNATUS. 



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