callus, from which arife one or more filaments ahcut the fize of fewlng filk, and 

 repeatedly divided without any regular order, though moil frequently in a dicho- 

 tomous manner ; the ramuli are fetaceous ; the diffepiments of a dark red, and 

 moftly more or lefs contraded ; the joints beautifully reticulated, and pellucid 

 towards the center. The capfides are feffile and lateral, more round than thofe 

 of C. coccinea, but are precifely of the fame nature, as are alfo the feeds, except 

 that when they iffue from tire capfule, much lefs of the gelatinous pulp attends 

 them. Each capfule is fubtended generally by one, but fometimes, as in my 

 figure, by three fubulate ramuli, which I apprehend may be confidered as a 

 kind of calyx ; their nature I hope hereafter to be able further to elucidate. 



It frequently happens that the joints in fome of the older fpecimens fwell, and 

 thereby affume a more beaded appearance than in their ufual flare. This has 

 been, though erroneoufly, as is fhewn under C. diaphana, regarded as the C. 

 nodulofa of Hudfon, and botanifts have puzzled themfelves in endeavouring to 

 find fpecific diftinaions between the fame plant in different ftages of growth. 

 Dr. Roth has erred in quoting as a fynonym of this fpecies, though with a mark 

 of doubt, the C. fucoides of the Flora Anglica, which is extremely diffirnilar. 



It adheres but flightly to paper, and not at all to glafs. 



A. C. rubra, natural fize. 

 F». Ditto magnified 3. 



