192 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



first node 3 or 4 simple lateral bracts, each bract of 3 to 5 cells, very 

 obtuse, shorter than the terminal portion of the branchlet and like it 

 strongly incurved. Nucules 3 to 4 together in the axils of the bracts, 

 globose or subglobose, 7 to 8 -striate, with a very minute crown. 

 Globules solitary, surrounded by the nucules. 



Lough Neagh, found by Mr. D. Moore in July, 1837. On the 

 Continent N. nidifica grows in salt or brackish water, but this can 

 scarcely be the case with the Irish specimen. 



Ireland. Summer. 



Stems branched, not coated with carbonate of lime, flexible, 3 to 4 

 inches long ; sterile branchlets 1 to 2 inches long. Fertile heads 

 about £ inch in diameter. — N. E. B.] 



