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very much branched ; branches swollen, unequal, rather wrin- 

 kled; tips red. — Kronib. t. 53. /. 1, 4. 



In woods. Very rare. Inverary, Lady Orde. Bowood, 

 C. E. B. 



2. C. amethystina, Bull. ; brittle, very much branched, 

 violet; branches round, even, obtuse. (Plate 18, fig. 2 : small 

 \ariety.)— Bull. t. 49G. /. 2. 



In mossy places. Hare. Bristol, H. 0. Stephens. Coed 

 Coch. Most variable in size. Sometimes 3 inches or more 

 high, and very much branched ; sometimes a few lines, and 

 nearly simple. 



3. C. fastigiata, D.C ; tough, csespitose, yellow, slender- 

 stemmed, very much branched ; branches short, divaricate ; 

 branchlets fastigiate. — Hobnsk. i. p. 90, witJt a fiyure. 



In pastures. Extremely common. 



4. C. muscoides, L. ; rather tough, graceful, yellow, slen- 

 der-stenmied, twice or thrice forked ; ramuli lunate, acute. — 

 Holmsk. i. p. 87, ivith a figure. 



In pastures. Not so common as the last. 



5. C. coralloides, h. ; rather brittle, white, hollow w ithin ; 

 stem rather thick, repeatedly and irregularly branched; branch- 

 lets unequal, dilated above, very numerous, crowded, acute. — 

 Sow. t. 278. 



In woods. Not common. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. 



6. C. umbrina, iJ. ; pale-umber, slightly branched; branches 

 and branchlets cylindrical, obtuse, forked. (Plate 18, fig. 4.) 



On mossy lawns. Coed Coch. I find nothing at all agree- 

 ing with this. The habit is that of C. fastigiata. It has 

 not, however, the slightest tinge of yellow. 



7. C. cinerea, Bull. ; brittle, stuflcd, at length cinereous, 

 very much branched ; stalk short, thick ; branches and branch- 

 lets thickened, irregular, somewhat wrinkled, obtuse. — Grev. 

 t. 64. 



