134 Mr. WoopwarD's Deftription, e. 
When dry it fhrinks from the fize of {mall packthread to that of 
coarfe thread, and the branches in proportion. 
By its being fo conftantly found on the beach in winter, I fhould 
fuppofe its duration annual, and i its time of flowering the autumn, 
being in feed in winter, | i oe eee 
REFERENC E TO THE FIGURE. Tas. 12. 
Fig. 1. A fingle ftem complete. This is the reprefentation of a 
dried fpecimen, ofa young and perfectly vigorous plant, but not in 
a ftate of fructification. When older, many of the fmaller branches 
and leaves are broken off, giving the plant a more naked appear- 
ance—natural fize. 
2. A fmall branch of dnos dried fpecimen, with the frictifi 2 
cation—natural fize. 
3. A part of ditto,. EM The leaves and ends of the 
branches, when highly magnified, appear flichify bifid, but not fo 
exactly or regularly as the figure reprefents. Whether this be the 
real growth, or only owing to accidental breaking by the waves, I 
could not afcertain; but it was the fame in all the branches which 
I examined, and is therefore probably natural. 
4. Different appearances of the fruétification. 
. 5. A fingle capfule very highly magnified, and fhewing the feeds 
as naturally difpofed. This is reprefented i in the figure rather too 
broad, and too acutely pointed. 
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