81 



Befides the fruaifieation reprefented in T. 33i the minute lanceolate 

 capfules alluded to in the defcription, are alfo reprefented in the fupple- 

 mentarj plate F, from a fketch by Mr. Hooker. Thefe pod-like proceffies, 

 in which the fuppofed feeds are lodged, at length grow into branches. 

 iji. fufca. C. fijis ramoGs, venofis, fufcis ; ramis diftantibus, fub-alternis ; 

 ramulis patentibus clavatis ; articulis medio tranfverfim fafciatis, diametro 

 duplo longioribus. T. oj. 



152. .polymorpka. C. filis dichotomis, venofis, faftigiatis, cartilagineis, atro- 

 purpurafcentibus; articulis centro pundtatis, diametro fub-brevioribus. 

 T.44. 



I53-* Broditi. C. filis ramofiffimis, venofis, purpureo-nigrefcentibus ; ramis 

 elongatis; ramulis fparfis, patentibus, multifidis, fafciculatis ; articulis 

 ramorum obfoletis, ramulorum diam3f ;o fub-longioribus. T. 

 X54- fucoldes. C. filis ramofiffimis, venofis, diffufis, fubcartilagineis ; fufco- 

 nigris; ramulis horizontals patentibus, dichotomis, ultimis incurvis, 

 acuminatifque ; articulis diametro fub-fefquilongioribus. T. 75. 

 *55- nigrefcem. C. filis ramofiffimis, venofis, ftridis, fub cartilagineis, fufco- 

 nigris; ramulis eredis dichotomis acuminatis; articulis diametro fub-fefqui- 

 longioribus. 



C.mgrefcens. Eng. Bot. t. 1717. (exc. fyn.) 



On the Beach at Yarmouth ; Mr. Turn,,: Coaft of Devonshire ; Mrs. 

 Griffiths. Brighton ; Mr. Barrer. 



I have been induced here to admit this fpecies under the name of C. 

 mgrefcens in oppofition to the opinion of Sir Thomas Frankland, who has 

 fent me the following plant by that name, becaufe I find that this is the 

 plant fo called by moft Botanifts, and even as Mr. Turner afiures me, by 

 fome who were well acquainted with Hudfon. It fo ftrikingly refembles 

 Cfucoides in the fize and color of the filaments, that it is not without fome 

 hesitation that I publifh it as a feparate fpecies, but Mr. Turner who has 

 repeatedly examined recent fpecimens of the two plants together, is de- 

 it 



