2dS Dr. GooDENOUGH (J fid Mr. WoODWABD'i O'lfervatlorts on 



■fb attenuated at the bafe, as to appear to be leaves, not unlike thole 

 oi feiki^es. 



We have received fpecimens of this plant from a variety of cor- 

 refpondents and friends, who one and all have font it to us under 

 the name of F. vertkiUatm of Mr. Lightfoot. It is a matter of 

 gieat regret to us that we could not meet with his original fpecimen. 

 If this be his plant, it is to be feared that his figure in the Fl. Scoti- 

 fa is not accurately drawn, the lail divifion of the branches being 

 more capillary than we have ever obferved them to be — Or per- 

 liaps he had his figure taken from a plant more luxuriant in its 

 form than our fouthern latitudes ever produce. 



Our worthy and accurate friend Mr. Davies fent us a fpecimen 

 A^ery much refembling Mr. Lightfoot's figure in every refpedl except 

 tlie capillary branches. He met with it on the coaft: of the Ifle of 

 Anglefey. Neverthelefs it Ihould be obferved, that Mr. Lightfoot 

 dwells very much on the capillary branches, making them a part 

 of his effential charader- 



58. FaCUS CONFERVOIDES. 



F. frone filiformi ramofa, ramis fub-diftichis fub-fimplicibus 

 fetaceis; tuberculis lateralibus femi-globofis. Herb. Linn. 

 Buddie, p. 16. «. 12. Petiver^ p. 30. n. 1. 



R. Syn. p. 5 1, n. 3. and p. 50. n. 50. A^l.Gall. 171 2, p^AfO.pl, t^.f. g. 



F. Ion iflunus. Gmelin, p. 134. /. 13. FLDan.i.6-,o. 



F. confervoides. Linn, Sp. PI. 1629. 



F. verrucofus. Fl. Ang. p. 588. Withering^ vol, 3. p, 256. Slack- 

 houfe, Ner. Britt. p. 26. /. 8. 



F. flagelliformis. FL Scot. J>. gzS. 



Habitat 



