102 "^^^ A/OSSES. 



to Ihc warmer regions, and grow south of Cape 

 Co<!, but grow there in great ahumlair I i 



not a ver)' striking cr \»eauiiful genus, it is yet far 

 from U-ing uninteresting. It is characterized by two 

 marks which make it extremely easy of n 

 vi/. : T)r- uniform hght or dull brown color when 

 fresh; and the fact that the stems '•".! ^ranches 

 are pretty thi* kU <i.vcre<l with short clul. ..i spindle 

 shaiK-d ramuh. nu-sc nimuli. which arc from one 

 eighth to one-half of an inch long, ar H 



omstnrted at the Uxsc, often seeming i 1 



by the fmest thread, or hair, to the plant. In 

 of Ihe .s|k:cks tl)ey tai>er to a fine ixiint at ih 

 eMremity. and m the other, C. ,/asyf/n/Aj are 



ver> blunt at tlie end. sha|K:d not unlike a 

 lop. Hk- pUnts should not Ik; put in fresh wat.r. 

 and should U- dried under comparatively ligl.i 

 pressure. 



C»U>M>R!OpslS TKM IsMMA, .\«;. 



'Hiis. xs its name implies, is the slemlcroi ot 

 the several si>e< ies. It grou^ from four to six 

 inches high, with an undivided stem once or iwi. e 

 as thick as a bristle, with long, spreading. ly 



ahenialc branches, sometimes simple, sometimes them- 

 selves branched in the same way, and furnished 

 throughout, more or less, abundantly with the < harac- 



