i^o Dr. GooDEKoUGH and Mr. Woodward j Obfervaiions on 



oitu ramofa fit, rami omnes multoties dichotomi, apiclbus patenti- 

 bus lanceolatis acutis — TrucUficaUo, tubercula coiiferta in ipfis apici- 

 bus fita. 



Obf. Frcns denuo inferne membrana alata faepius vi fluduum 

 orba eft— Inde, quo injuriam citius, pro effoetis quafi viribus, repa- 

 lare qneat, ramulos plurimos, breves, diftichos, foliorum semulos, 

 cmittit— Margines ramorum per totam plantam femper integerrimi 

 (,' o!or olivaceus. 



This plant is not to be found fo generally as mod of this order. 

 It is very frequent at Chriftcburch, and indeed more common there 

 than veftculofus. It is mofl readily diftinguiflied from veficulofus by 

 its having no bladders, by its narrow form throughout, and by the 

 fharp forked termination of its branches : thefe two laft circum- 

 ftances ferve to diftinguilTi it very efFe6lually from F. Jpiralis. Al- 

 though we lay fome ftrefs upon the narrownefs of the branches, 

 yet it mud not be underftood, that we are always to have that cir- 

 cumllance to dire6t our judgment; for fometimes it is to be met 

 with, with branches as broad as the narrower ones of veftculofus — 

 and in this cafe oftentimes not only the points of the branches, 

 but the two laft dichotomies, are entirely loaded with cluftered tu- 

 bercles. The points of the branches are always very acute. 



We have no hefitation in pronouncing this the ceranoides of Lin- 

 naeus. We have been fo long accuftomed to call the crifpus of 

 Linn, by this name, that it may feem grievous to fome to have fo 

 apt an appellation totally changed : however, they muft confider 

 that the having continued long in an error is no juftification 

 for having done fo; and they Ihould rejoice, not regret, at gaining 

 ' more perfedl knowledge. 



This plant has been thought by fome, particularly Mr. Lightfoot, 



to 



