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jelly, as to bear the refemblance as well as anfwer the purpofe of a capfule. 

 In fome fpecimens I have feen a ft ill ftronger refemblance of capfules, than 

 ■what I have figured at D, but they were of a fmaller fize, and had evi- 

 dently not arrived at maturity, which having attained, they would I appre- 

 hend by an expanfion of the involucrum, have appeared as is reprefented 

 in Englifh Botany, with their internal jelly expofed without any covering. 

 129.* barbata. C. fills dichotomo-ramofis, kete fanguineis, apice fibrofis ; 

 fibris multifidis tenuiffimis ; articulis furfum incraffatis, diametro quintuplo 

 longioribus. 



C. barbata. Eug. Bot. t. 1814. 

 On the Beach at Brighton. Mr. Borrer. 



The feeds of this fpecies are imbedded in naked jelly, and guarded by 

 an involucrum inftead of a capfule. 

 130.* multifida. C. fills ramofis, rubris ; ramulis fub-ternatis, diftantibus, 

 brevibus, multifidis ; articulis diametro multuplo longioribus. 

 C. multifida. Eng.Bot. t. 1816. (excl. Syn.) 



In the Sea. On the Devonfhirc Coaft ; Airs. Griffiths. On the Beach 

 at Brighton, and near Newhaven ; Mr. Borrer. In Bantry Bay ; Mifs 

 Hutchins. 



Dr. Smith erroneoufly fuppofed this fpecies to be Hudfon's C. multifida, 

 forgetting that as well as C. imbricata it had been before proved to be C. 

 equifetifolia of Lightfoot. As however multifida has never been ufed as a 

 name for C. equifetifolia, there cannot I apprehend be any objection to its 

 being retained for the prefent fpecies. Mr. Borrer informs me that he has 

 difcovered a fructification on this fpecies, differing from the one reprefented 

 in Englifh Botany, and of the fame nature with that of C. barbata. 

 131. equifetifolia. C. filis ramofiffimis, craffis, rubris; ramis utrinque attenu- 

 atis, ramulis verticillatis, imbricatis, brevibus, multifidis, undique obfeffis ; 

 articulis diametro multuplo longioribus. T. 54. 



The Rev. G. R. Leathes difcovered the fructification of this fpecies in a 



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