ET INSULARUM MARIS PACIFICI. 293 
apice brevissime 3—4-furcatis, segmentis mucroniformibus longe et 
acutissime acuminatis; verticillis fertilibus in capitula congestis, e 
foliis abbreviatis, supra medium vel medio simpliciter fureatis, seg- 
mentis ventricosis longe et acutissime acuminatis; seminibus aggre- 
gatis subglobosis, coronula brevissima obtusa, fasciis 6-17. 
Ch. Bellangeri A. Br. in lit. 
In pools near Gengu on the coast of Coromandel, collected by 
Bellanger in 1826-28, growing in company with Chara coronata, var. 
Coromandelina. 
This species resembles, in size and habit, Nitella translucens, being 
however entirely different from it in its only one-celled segments. of 
the leaves, and in reality much nearer W. flexilis. The fructiferous 
heads are larger and less dense than in N. translucens. The nut 
of the seed is yellow-brown, and 28:3° m. long. 
Another variety of this species is found in Missouri and Texas (W. 
acuminata var. Lindheimeri) and a third in the Isle de France (N. acu- 
minata var. Mauritiana). 
b, Nitelle mucronate. 
omophylle. 
2. N. Retest monoica, robustior, firmior et minus pellucida; ver- 
ticillis e foliis 6, inferioribus remotis iu medio simpliciter multifur- 
catis, segmentis mucrone imposito acutissimo (demum deciduo) 
pictiletis: ; verticillis superioribus sensim decrescentibus et in capitula 
majora congestis, e foliis duplicato- tandem triplicato-divisis, seg- 
mentis ultimis abbreviatis mucroniformibus bicellularibus, cellula = 
feriore ventricosa, superiore angustata et acutissima ; seminibus m 
prima et secunda foliorum divisione sepe aggregatis, subglobosis, 
coronula elongata angustissima, fasciis 5—6. 
Chara Surcata Roxb.? (non Ch. furcata, Amici). 
On the coast of Coromandel, near Madras, Dr. Wight, No. 135 et 136 
^n herb. Hook. 
A species of considerable size and distinguished characters, which 
seems to be peculiar to the East Indies. 1 am unable to decide if this 
is the Chara furcata of Roxbourgh,—specimens of the coast of Coro- 
mandel and the Flora Indica not being in my possession. In Sir. W. 
Hooker’s herbarium there is, under the name of Ch. furcata Roxb., a 
plant from Mr. Jenkins, gathered in Assam, which, although in habit 
it has a deceptive resemblance to a Chara, belongs to the Phanerogamic 
