appearance at all fufficient to diftinguifii it from the tribe with which it is now 

 arranged. 



C. fcctida grows in thick bufhy tufts, near two inches in length and of a dull 

 olive color. At firft fight it very much refembles C. littoralis, but when ex- 

 amined under a glafs it differs entirely from this and every other fpecics with 

 which I am acquainted. The root appears to be a very minute callus, from 

 which numerous fliort creepers are thrown out, but it is fo fmall as to be hardly 

 obfervable. The filaments are very flaccid, and peculiarly {lender in proportion 

 to their length ; they are twice or thrice branched in an irregularly dichotomous 

 manner, and in their adhefion to each other refemble thofe of C. vaginata, but 

 there is not any appearance of a fheath. The branches at their bafe, and fre- 

 quently through nearly their whole length are clofely united to the ftem, in the 

 fame manner as are the main filaments to each other, being feparated only at 

 the extremities, which gave caufe to Vaucher's making it a part of the fpecific 

 character, " extremitatibus multoties divifis". The length of the joints is nearly 

 double the diameter, each joint contains an egg-fhaped mafs, refembling thofe 

 °f C. jugalis, which, from analogy, I fuppofe are formed by a collapfion of 

 their juices, or internal granules, and are fomehow connected with the fruc- 

 tification, as fuppofed by Vaucher, but like him I have had no opportunity of 

 inveftigating the matter. 



Villars's C. fcetida may poffibly be the fame plant as is here figured, but 

 neither from his defcription nor his figure is it poihble to decide upon the fub- 

 je£t, and I have therefore not quoted him. 



This ipecies adheres to both Glafs and Paper. 



A. C. fcetida, natural fize. 



B. Ditto, magnified 2. 



C. Ditto, ditto 1. 



