0. MELITEA. 231 



stomosed together; cells surrounded by a projecting 

 roll. 



Indian Ocean. 



NET-FORMED. 



3. M ELITE A ret if era. Branching, and almost di- 

 chotomous ; branches flexuous, and frequently anasto- 

 mosed ; articulations either remote or deficient in the 

 twigs, very apparent in the branches, and approximate 

 in the stems ; height from two to six decimetres. 



This species is remarkable for the number of its 

 varieties. 



Var. B. Red ; very large. 



Var. C. Purple ; articulations knotty, and appearing 

 as if truncated. 



Var. D. Spotted ; rind yellow, and polypi red. 



Australasia and India. 



WEB-FORMED. 



4. Melitea textiformis. Stem short, knotty, di- 

 viding immediately into very slender twigs, filiform, 

 warty, anastomosed, and producing a fan-shaped net- 

 work, simple or lobed, with lengthened meshes; colour 

 varying from white or yellow to orange and red ; 

 height from two to three decimetres. — Plate 19. fig. 1. 



Australasia. 



