0.^0 Dr. GoODENoUGH and Mr. WoodwardV Obfervations on 



quadripinnata, ramis ramulifque omnibus alternis — /2<7;«/ primarli 

 longifTimi tenues admodum, etiam capillares — Ramtili ultimo divi- 

 fionis tenuiffimi breviffimi fafciculati — Frudlijicalw, tuberculum mi- 

 nutum ramulos nonnunquam termlnans fepius laterale — Ad om- 

 iiem fere rami ramulive ortum geniculum eft, unde confervis ni- 

 mium aflinis — Color amoene ruber— ^liiiucio biuncialis — pedalis. 



It muft be allowed that this plant has all the habit and appear- 

 ance of a Conferva. All the branches feem jointed. But two re- 

 markable occurrences deferve notice — Firft, that thefe joints are 

 obfervable only where there is a branch, or where one has ilTued 

 forth — and, fecondly, that a parenchymous dark line feems to run 

 lip the thicker branches, and that this joint often ends in the pa- 

 renchymous line, and does not always pafs through the whole 

 fubftance to the oppofite fide. This by no means accords with 

 the nature of a Conferva, whofe joints are annular ftridlures, and 

 equally vifible on all fides. As, therefore, the joints are not at re- 

 gular diftances, nor always complete and perfedl, there is certainly 

 much room to doubt to which family it moft properly belongs. 

 We muft beg leave to call upon thofe who have better opportuni- 

 ties, to watch it in its different ftates, and determine upon furer 

 grounds. 



When firft thrown up on the fhore, it is of a beautiful red co- 

 lour, perfectly capillary. All its branches are alternate. The main 

 flem or ilems (for fometimes there are more than one) run up 

 to the length oftentimes of nearly a foot, fometimes not above two 

 inches. The branches of the firft order are fomewhat long, thofe 

 at the bafe longeft, gradually diminifhing in length towards the 

 top. The branches of the fecond order are ftiort, obferving the 

 fame gradation, in point of length, as the former. Thofe of the 

 J other 



