230 Dr. GOODENOUGH and Mr. Woodwahd'j Obfervations on 



qnadnpinnata, ramis ramulifque omnibus alternis — Rami primarii 

 longiflimi tenues admodum, etiam capillares — Ramuli ultimas divi- 

 fionis tenuiffimi brevimmi fafciculati — Frudlificatio, tuberculum mi- 

 nutum ramulos nonnunquam terminans fxpius lateralc — Ad om- 

 nem fere rami ramulive ortum geniculum eft, unde confervis ni- 

 mium affmis — Color amccne ruber — Altitudo biuncialis — pedalis. 



It mud be allowed that this plant has all the habit and appear- 

 ance of a Conferva. All the branches feem jointed. But two re- 

 markable occurrences deferve notice — Firft, that thefe joints are 

 obfervable only where there is a branch, or where one has iffued 

 forth — and, fecondly, that a parenchymous dark line feems to run 

 up the thicker branches, and that this joint often ends in the pa- 

 renchymous line, and does not always pafs through the whole 

 fubftance to the oppofite fide. This by no means accords with 

 the nature of a Conferva, whofe joints are annular ftrictures, and 

 equally vifible on all fides. As, therefore, the joints are not at re- 

 gular diftances, nor always complete and perfect, there is certainly 

 much room to doubt to which family it mod properly belongs. 

 We muft beg leave to call upon thofe who have better opportuni- 

 ties, to watch it in its different ftates, and determine upon furer 

 grounds. 



When firft thrown up on the more, it is of a beautiful red co- 

 lour, perfectly capillary. All its branches are alternate. The main 

 flem or ftems (for fometimes there are more than one) run up 

 to the length oftentimes of nearly a foot, fometimes not above two 

 inches. The branches of the firft order are fomewhat long, thofe 

 at the bafe longeft, gradually diminiihing in length towards the 

 top. The branches of the fecond order are fhort, obferving the 

 fame gradation, in point of length, as the former. Thofe of the 

 5 other 



