ramuli, when floating in water, referable beautiful feathers. The joints arc 

 nearly oblong, and filled with a red fluid, which, after the plant has been 

 immerfed fometime in frefh water is given out, and ftains the paper in drying. 

 When perfeaiy frefh, the color of the whole is a rofy hue mixed with brown, 

 uniform throughout, except that the leading branches are darker than the reft.- 

 It is not till after it has been expofed to the air, or kept in frefh water, that the 

 joints become pellucid, as defcribed by Dr. Roth. The capfules are in general 

 very numerous, and arranged on the upper fides of the ramuli, nearly globofe, 

 very minute, and of the fame color as the frond : when dried, hardly any fpecies 

 adheres more firmly to paper or glafs. 



A. C. rofea, natural fize. 



B. branch of ditto, magnified 2. 



C. (mall piece of ditto *' 



