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_ which the names used by Braun must be set aside, especially as 
from his great knowledge of the plants of this order, his nomen- 
description of C. ulvoides was contained in a letter fr 
to Prof. Amici, dated 24th March, 1826, which was published in 
Bruni’s Nuova Collez. for 1825; thus the exact date of publication 
is uncertain. e have been unable to see the original description 
of C. stelligera, as we cannot find a copy of Moessler’s ‘ Handbuch,’ 
ed. ii., at the libraries of the British Museum, Kew Herbarium, or 
of the Royal or Linnean Societies. 
. obtusa is widely distributed in Europe, but is not known to 
occur elsewhere; it has been found in Sweden, Germany, Bel- 
gium, France, Italy, Austria, and South Russia occurring in lakes, 
canals, &e. The nucules ripen about August. e Norfolk plant 
is a large form; although not so stout as the Mantuan specimens, 
it has the longest branchlets of any that we have seen. 
DEscrirTion or Tas. 216.—l. Chara obtusa, Desv., nat. size. 2. Stellate 
lower node, from below. 3. Upper part of a slender branch, showing developed 
and undeveloped bract cells and rudimentary stipulodes. 4. A globule. 5. A 
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THE HISTORY OF THE SCORPIOID CYME. 
By Sypney H. Vines, D.Sc., F.L.S. 
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are not formed in the same way, some being sympodia and others 
monopodia, and further inasmuch as they suggest that the term 
definitions of the term. The term appears to have been invented 
y A. P. DeCandolle, and he defines it, in his ‘ Organographie 
Végétale,’ tome i., 1827, p. 414, as follows :-—“ Un 
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axe. Les branches ou tiges 
