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48. Chara formosa sp. nov. 
Monoecious, paua the rae and odégonia borne at different 
leaf-nodes : 4-30 cm. high, slightly incrusted; stems 0.4-1 mm. in 
diameter, very aie ae corticated, spine-cells only conspic- 
uous on youngest internodes, 0.2-0. 5 mm. long: stipulodes forming 
a double whorl at each node, those in the upper 0.6-0.92 mm. long, 
much exceeding the uncorticated jeusigen basal of the leaves, s 
ulodes of the lower whorl 0.23-0. m. long: leaves 10-15 
each whorl, 1.2-2.5 cm. long, ee II or 12 internodes, all 
triply corticated except the lowest one and the apical cell, which 
odspores 0.75-0.82 mm. long, 0.38—-0.44 : wide, with 14-1 
very faint striae; whorl of crown-cells 0.1-0.14 mm. high, 0.12- 
0.21 mm. wide at base, the individual cells lanceolate, usually 
spreading. 
Type collected at Panther Pond, New Jersey, by T. F. Allen, 
August 1, 1880; in the herbarium of the New York Botanical 
Garden 
Distribution: New Jersey to Iowa. 
49. Cuara sgyuncta A. Br. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 5: 26 
1845 
C. sejuncta brevibracteata A. Br. loc. cit. 
Monoecious, he he paar and oégonia almost invariably at 
different leaf-nodes : 8-60 m. high, only slightly incrusted; stems 
0.25—-0.96 mm. in ‘dia t . very ti dred aed corticated ; spine- 
lower whorl usually 0.26-0.32 mm. long: leaves 9-13 in a whorl, 
1.2-4 cm. long, containing 10-15 inter nodes, all of which are triply 
corticated except the basal one and the apical cell, which are uncor- 
but slightly wider than the succeeding corticated ones; leaflets at 
sterile nodes 0.1-0.5 mm. long, usually nearer the lower limit and 
