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Chara hirsuta. the same leaf-nodes; 0.1-1 m. hi-jh, 

 First published by Allen, in Torrey light-green, moderately but often 

 club b 27:301, t 10, 11 (1900), from unequally incrusted; stems 0.6-1 mm. 

 Lakeside, SD Co, Cal. in diameter, triply corticated, the 

 Robinson, NY bot gard b 4:261, terminal internodes beset with the 

 publishes the following description: lower ones less so or nearly destitute 

 "Monoecious; ' Oo5-0.6 m. high, of, spine-cells, the length of the lat- 

 moderately incrusted; stems 0.26- ter usually 0-7-1 mm.: stipulodes 

 0.62 mm. in diameter, singly corti- forming ?. double whorl at each node, 

 cated, the primary cells almost or those in the upper linear, acute, about 

 completely covering the stem except 0.7 mm. long, O.125 mm. wide, usually 

 in the youngest internodes, very small twice the length of the uncorticated 

 secondary cortical cells rarely devel- basal internode of the leaves, stipu- 

 oped; spine-cells often forming lodes of the lower whorl of similar 

 whorls around the stem, single or width, but only 0.35-0.45 mm. long: 

 more often paired, and then usually leaves 10-12 in a whorl, 1-1.5 mm. 

 unequal, variable, 0.25-1.7 mm. long, long, containing 8-10 internodes, all 

 0.05-0.11 mm. wide at base; lower in- triply corticated except the basal one, 

 ternodes of the stem usually 1.5-2 and the terminal one, or sometimes 

 cm-, but reaching 6 cm. in length, the two, which are uncorticated; leaflets 

 apical 3 or 4 together usually not ex- at all nodes well developed, 0.3-0.82 

 ceedihg 1 cm. in length: stipulodes mm. long, those at any node the 

 ofrming a double whorl at each node, same size or more often the anterior 

 comparatively short, those in the the longer, similar as braceteoles, the 

 upper whorl 0.38-0.56 mm. long, anterior 0.96-01.2 mm. long, exceed- 

 0.03510.05 mm. wide, those in the ing the sporocarps, usually slightly, 

 lower 0.26-0.37 mm. long, 0.03-0.04 but sometimes one and a half times 

 mm. wide: leaves 10-12 in a whorl, their length, posterior bracteoles 

 7-11 mm. long, containing 5 or 6 in- 0-3-0.6 mm. long; antheridia about 

 ternodes, very slender, rarely more 0.35 mm. in diameter, often early de- 

 than 0.2 mm. in diameter at their ciduous: sporocarps 0.8-1 mm. long 

 bases, and little more than half this and 0.04-0.44 mm. wide; oospores 

 near their apices, cortex single, com- 0.63-0.68 mm. long, 0.28-0.34 mm. 

 pletely covering the leaves or leav- wide, with 13 or 14 striae; whorl of 

 ing irregular, elongated interstices; crown-cells 0.14-0.2 mm- high, 

 leaflets 6-8 at the sterile nodes, form- 16-0.2 mm. wide at base, the indi- 

 ing a similar whorl at the apex, 0.4- vidual cells lanceolate-ovate, rounded 

 1.4 mm. long, 0.07-0.09 mm. wide, the at the apex, ascending. Robinson, 

 bracteoles attaining a length of 1.7 Central and Southern 'Cal." 

 mm., all bracteoles exceeding the Dichoiidra oecidentalis. 

 mature sporocarps, the anterior 0.84- Homer D. House, taking as his 

 1 mm. long, 0.31-U.37 mm. wide; type, specimens in the US Nat hb, 

 oospores 0.63-0-68 mm. long, 0.23- collected 7 Ja 1884, at SD, by Orcutt, 

 0.25 mm. wide, truncate at both ends, describes this in Muhlenbergia 1:130, 

 with 14 or 15 striae; whorl of crown- as follows: "Stem perennial, slender, 

 cells about 0.9 mm. high. 0.18 mm. creeping, branching, 10 to 40 cm. 

 wide at base, the individual cells long, glabrate, or appressed pubes- 

 nearly square, but with rounded cent when young with silvery hairs: 

 angles." leaf-blades large, broadly reniform,' 2 

 Chara Sanctae-Margaritae. t" 5 cm. broad, 1 to 3 cm. long, usual- 

 Type locality: Lakeside, SD Co, Cal. ly retuse at the apex, glabrous or with 

 Robinson, NY bot gard b 4:89 pome scattered pubescence, dark 

 (based on C. gymnopus 33.r.ctae-Mar- green above, paler beneath, shallowly 

 garitae Allen, Torrey club b 27:303, t cordate and somewhat cuneate at the 

 14, 15, f 1-4, 1900), publishes the fol- base, 7-nerved; petioles 5 to 8 cm. 

 lowing description: "Monoecious, the long: pubescent toward the base, 

 antheridia and oogonia borne upon peduncles filiform, 1 to 2 cm. long: 



