386 CORRESPONDENCE OP RAY. 



of Alsine maritima supina villosa foliis lanceolatis. (In 

 appeiidic. Inst. R. H,, p. 665.) 



Ecpcisetum fcetidum sub aqicis repens \Chara vulgaris, 

 Linn.] As for the flowers of this plant, I could never 

 observe it with any, sed semina profert rotunda, ad sin- 

 gulos nodos foliolis adhserentia, foliis rigidis et asperiori- 

 bus et brevioribus, odor gravis. 



Equisetum non fcetetis sub aquis repens. Caules 

 emittit graciles glabros, intus cavos et succo viridi re- 

 pletos, ad singulos nodos etiam semina profert minuta 

 rotunda foliolis adhserentia, eodem modo ut in altera 

 specie quae foetida est. 



Equiseti foetidi sub aquis repens, secunda species. This 

 plant has longer, more slender, and smaller leaves than 

 the former, ad Spithamse unius longitudinem crescentia, 

 more greenish, et non tarn rigida ut in altera specie, sed 

 semina profert minuta rotunda rubescentia ad singulos 

 nodos foliolis adhserentia ut in priori specie, odor gravis- 

 simum. I know not if these two last species be de- 

 scribed. 



Kali spinosum cochleatum \8alsola Kali, Linn.], plantae 

 genus flore stamineo vel apetalo, cujus calix e 5 foliis 

 acuminatis componitur, quae simul juncta capsulam con- 

 stituunt quasi echinatam, in qua unicum continetur semen 

 subrotundum spirae in modum convolutum vel cochleae 

 ad instar. Tournefort (Inst. R. H., p. 247) places this 

 plant inter herbas flore rosaceo cujus pistillum aut calix 

 abit in fructum unicapsularem. After the Junci species, 

 and next the TelepJiii species, in the particular note he 

 says, " Quod pistillum deinde abit in fructum fere globo- 

 sum membranaceum singulari semine fcetum, cochleae ad 

 instar intorto et plerumque petalis florum obvolutum." 

 On very strict observation in all the seasons of it, I could 

 never discover any petala but only stamina ; so that I see 

 no reason for your giving it a rosaceous flower, except 

 one would take those echinac leaves of the calyx for the 

 petala of the flower, which I think scarce any botanist 



