84 Mr.C.C. Babington on the British species of Chara. 
b. Mucronate. Branchlets usually repeatedly divided, terminal seg- 
ments of two joints, last jot usually resembling a mucro. Branch- 
lets 6—8 in a whorl, similar. 
3. C. translucens (Pers.) ; moncecious, stem thick equal flexible 
transparent, sterile branchlets simple not jointed, upper ones end- 
ing in two or three short points, fertile whorls of small trifur-. 
cate branchlets very small and closely placed, nucules small 
oblong usually in threes just below the three bracts surround- 
ing the terminal globule. 
C. translucens, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 531; Eng. Bot. t.1855 ; 4. Braun 
in Flora, xvii. 51; Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. 1. 352; Hook. Eng. Fl. 
v. pt. 1. 245 ; Mutel Fl. Franc. iv. 160. 
Nitella translucens, Coss. et Germ. Fl. Par. 682; Atl. t. 40 B. 
A strong plant. Fertile whorls so disposed amongst the 
branchlets as to appear to be capitate. Globules solitary. Nu- 
cules with seven strize. The fruit appears to be wrongly drawn 
in ‘ Eng. Bot.’ 
Deep stagnant pools. “ Near Shrewsbury, Rev. E. Williams ; 
Browston and Belton, Suffolk, Sir W. J. Hooker ; Scotland ;” 
Sir J. E. Smith. Bagnley Moor, Cheshire, Mr. W. Wilson. Tot- 
teredge, Middlesex, Mr. E. Forster. Loch Lubnaig, Perthshire ; 
Lochnaw, Wigtonshire ; near Liverpool; Prof. Balfour. Near the 
Fairlop Oak in Hainault Forest, Essex. 
Annual. July. 
4, C. mucronata (A. Br.) ; moneecious, stem slender equal flex- 
ible transparent, branchlets strongly mucronate nearly equally 
forked or trifid, nucules and globules together at the forks of 
the branchlets without bracts. 
C. mucronata, 4. Braun in Flora, xviii. ; Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 2.1. 351; 
Mutel Fl. Franc. iv. 161. 
Nitella mucronata, Coss. et Germ. Fl. Par. 683; Atl. t. 40 D. 
Rather thick for its length. Secondary branchlets once or 
twice forked or trifid, the terminal subdivisions rather shorter 
than the others. “ Nucules with four or five striz.” 
Marsh ditch at Hast Grinstead, Sussex, Mr. Borrer. 
Annual. July. 
5. C. gracilis (Sm.!) ; moneecious, stem slender equal flexible 
transparent, branchlets in lax whorls repeatedly divided into 
three or four segments, terminal segments mucronate shorter 
than the others, globules and nucules each solitary but to- 
gether at the subdivisions of the branchlets without bracts. 
C. gracilis, Sm.! Eng. Bot. t. 2140; Reich.! Iconog. t. 793; A. 
Braun! in Flora, xviii. 53; Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2.1. 351; Mutel 
Fl. France. iv. 160; Hook. Eng. Fl. v. pt. 1. 245 (in part). 
