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Stein little branched, cortical cells large, bearing densely 

 crowded, fascicled, aciculate, spine-cells. Whorls of 8-10 short, 

 slightly incurved branchlets. Stipulodes long. Branchlets of 6-8 

 joints, 1-2 ecorticate. Bract-cells 7-11, acute, whorled, at the 

 nodes of all the corticate joints, usually nearly all exceeding the 

 nucule. Nucules oval, 10-12 striate, 3-4 on a branchlet. 

 Coronula small, spreading. Dioecious. (Tab. 208, tig. 9). 



A small, rigid, extremely spinous plant, usually but little 

 incrusted. The globule-bearing plant is extremely rare, and in its 

 absence, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis. Although 

 Loiseleur gave the grey colour (which is exceptional) as one of the 

 chief characters for his species, we think, from the other characters 

 given, that there is not the slightest doubt that he described an 

 incrusted form of our plant ; we have therefore adopted his name 

 in preference to the more recent C. crinita, Wallr. The only 

 British specimen of this species we have seen is from Budock Pooi, 

 near Falmouth, Bev. W. L. P. Garnons in Prof. Babington's 

 herbarium ; it has been recorded from Ireland, but the plant 

 cnculated under the name of C. crinita by Mr. Carroll is C. poly* 

 (tcantha. Our description and drawing have necessarily been taken 

 from foreign specimens. (7. canescens is recorded from Europe, 

 Asia, North Africa, and North America. 



(To be continued). 



SOME DORSET PLANT-STATIONS. 



By the Bev. W. Moyle Eogees. 



I 1 Miliaria Mehagrie, L., is the only plant mentioned in the fol- 

 lowing notes which I have not actually seen in the station or 

 stations named. None of these stations find a place in Mr. 

 ^iiuisel-Pleydell's ' Flora of Dorset.' In that work the county is 

 divided into seven districts, formed with reference to the river 

 drainage, and distinguished in his beautifully clear map by the 

 capitals A, B. C. D, E, F, G. These capitals will accordingly be 

 placed before the several stations mentioned in these notes to show 

 o winch of his districts such stations respectively belong. The 

 Jjte of all records for Eos® and Eubi is 1879. Other records for 

 districts A and E range from 1870 to 1872 ; and those for the 

 j^st of the county from 1874 to 1879, most of these last (especially 

 "lose for Distr. B) having been at least verified within the last two 

 or three years. b 



Adonis autumnal is, L. E. Between Stoke Wake and Ansty ; 

 „ l )lan t or two, on waste ground by roadside. I suppose only 



r . /,v '»'"""/'/.s- peltatus, Fries (aggregate). B. Leigh, ditches by 



r °adside on Chetnole Eoad. 



ti. lhr.urttii, Schultz. C. In pool near Lulworth Cove, 

 Awards West Lulworth. 



