the branches. The dilTepiments are black •, the joints fliort, and a black i'pot 

 may frequently be obferved in the middle, occafioned by a partial collapfe of the 

 juices. The capfules are difpofed on the fides of the ultimate branches ; before 

 they burll they are ovate, but afterwards contract towards their apices. In their 

 younger ftate, Ellis appears to have miftaken them for male flowers. 



In drying it undergoes no change, and adheres but (lightly to either glafs or 

 paper. 



A. C. polymorpha, growing on F. nodofus, natural fize. 



B. Ditto, magnified 2. 



